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Basic Spongecake Recipe

Ingredients

  • cup wheat flour (Polish "Tortowa" type 450 or Pastry Flour
  • 5 whole eggs
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit or about 180° Celsius.

  2. Separate egg yolks from the egg whites.

    egg whites
  3. Beat the egg whites until stiff.

  4. Add powdered sugar to the egg yolks and beat until very fluffy.

    egg yolks
  5. Add vanilla and salt, and continue beating for another couple of minutes.

    beaten egg yolks
  6. Using a spatula, gently combine the beaten egg yolks with the egg whites.

    egg yolks with egg whites
  7. Thoroughly combine flour with the baking powder.

  8. Using a sieve, slowly sieve the flour combined with the baking powder onto the mixed eggs.

    flour
  9. Gently mix all the ingredients together.

    flour combined
  10. Line a cake-baking pan with parchment paper.

    cake pan
  11. Pour the mixed batter into the pan.

    cake pan with batter
  12. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

  13. Cool it off for 10-15 minutes and use it as base for cakes, or cut it up and serve it with fruit and whipped cream.