Sponge Cake / Plain Soft Cake /Homemade Cake

Sponge Cake / Plain Cake

How to make Homemade Plain Soft Cake/Sponge Cake :

Ingredients :

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Unsalted butter - 1 cup (1 stick)
Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 3 to 4
Baking soda - 1 tpsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla essence - few drops (optional)

Instructions :

1. Preheat oven to 350 F .
2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl (all purpose flour,sugar&cardamom powder) .
3. Keep the butter at room temperature. Blend it with hand mixer until it becomes fluffy (the more we beat ,then it comes more fluffy )
4. Add egg at a time and blend well .
5. Add dry ingredients to the above and blend well.Finally add vanilla essence and mix well .
6. Grease the cake pan with oil or butter.Fill the pan with the cake batter 3/4th full and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean .
7. Soft and spongy cake is ready.

Sponge Cake / Plain Cake

Tips :

1. Beating the eggs is the most important step.It makes the cake really soft if you beat really well.
2. The cake will give a nice aroma when it is done. This is a basic technique to find out if the cake is done or not.