Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients: 

1 cup butter(kept at room temp)

 1 cup flour (we don't get all purpose flour in india, you can try using bluebird's self raising flour)

1 cup castor sugar

4 medium eggs

2tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

 little milk to loosen

Method: 

1. Mix butter and sugar to a creamy state. if u have hand mixer you can do it easily. approximately 2 to 4 mts. to reduce the time, u can powder the sugar and try.

2. Beat in eggs one at a time and mix well.

3. sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda in a seperate vessel.

4. Fold the flour little by little in to the butter mixture.. and mix well.. 

5. add vanilla essence and mix . (do not over mix )

6. if the mixture is too tight.. slightly add milk to loosen it. 

thats it ur cake mixture is ready..

7. pour the mixture in to the cake pan with baking sheet on it.

8. bake it in a cake pan covering it with foil. for about 40 mts at 180.

once its baked just pierce the cake with the help of tooth pick in the middle of the cake. it should come out clean. if not, u can bake it again for 5 mts(depends)..

once its done keep it in the cooling rack (remove from the pan) till its cool down.

Now your yummy sponge cake is ready.