An easy, light, fluffy & soft chocolate sponge cake that makes a good base for decorated or frosted cakes. A base cake that can be used for preparing vancho, Black forest,Truffle cake and so on.

This is the recipe that I use for most of my cakes. Once you have mastered the baking technique of sponge cake, you can easily bake varieties of cakes at home.

Here go the recipe for an easy, soft and moist Chocolate sponge cake Recipe

Happy Baking!!

Ingredients

Flour- 1 cup

Coco powder-1/4 cup

Egg- 3

Sugar-3/4 cup, powder it

Vanilla essence-1 tsp

Baking powder-1 tsp

Baking soda-1 tsp

Oil- 1/2 cup

Milk-1/2 cup

Method

Prepare a 7 inch cake pan and line it with butter/oil and line a butter paper. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 150 degree C.

Sieve together dry ingredients, Flour, baking soda, baking powder and coco powder and keep it aside.

Take another bowl add egg and beat. Into it add powdered sugar and beat till creamy and fluffy add in vanilla essence and mix.

Fold in the dry ingredients and milk into the egg sugar mix alternatively in two times.

Add in oil and mix.

Pour the batter in the prepared tin and tap the bake tin to release air bubbles if any, and bake in a preheated oven for 30-40 mins or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Allow it to cool for 5minutes before demoulding it. Cool the cake completely before frosting.

Chocolate Sponge Cake Recipe

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

 

Author: Neena

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 8-9

Ingredients

• Flour- 1 cup
• Coco powder-1/4 cup
• Egg- 3
• Sugar-3/4 cup, powder it
• Vanilla essence-1 tsp
• Baking powder-1 tsp
• Baking soda-1 tsp
• Oil- ½ cup
• Milk-1/2 cup

Instructions

1. Prepare a 7 inch cake pan and line it with butter/oil and line a butter paper. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 150 degree C.
2. Sieve together dry ingredients, Flour, baking soda, baking powder and coco powder and keep it aside.
3. Take another bowl add egg and beat. Into it add powdered sugar and beat till creamy and fluffy add in vanilla essence and mix.
4. Fold in the dry ingredients and milk into the egg sugar mix alternatively in two times.
5. Add in oil and mix.
6. Pour the batter in the prepared tin and tap the bake tin to release air bubbles if any, and bake in a preheated oven for 30-40 mins or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Allow it to cool for 5minutes before demoulding it. Cool the cake completely before frosting.

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