How to make a Sponge cake.

Vanilla Sponge cake Ingredients:

• 1 Cup sifted cake flour • 1 tsp Baking powder • 3 Eggs, separated • 1/4 Cup water • 1 Cup sugar, divided • 2 Egg whites • 1/4 tsp Salt • 2 tsp Vanilla

How to make Basic Sponge Cake:

• Combine cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a big bowl, stir well and keep aside. • Beat 3 egg yolks in an electric mixer at high speed of for about 1 minute. • Add 3/4 cup sugar, beating constantly for about 5 minutes till the egg yolks are thick. • Combine vanilla and 1/4 cup water with it, beating at low speed till well blended. • Add flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture beating at low speed till blended, keep aside. • Beat egg whites in a bowl at room temperature at high speed till foamy. • Slowly add rest of the sugar, beating till peaks form. • Stir one fourth of the egg white mixture into the batter and gently fold in the rest of the egg white mixture. • Pour the batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan. • Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes till cake springs back when touched lightly in the centre. • Invert the pan and let it cool for about 45 minutes. • Now remove it from the pan.