Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients

Eggs -  4 nos
Caster Sugar (falvoured with Vanilla pod)- 175 gms
Plain Flour -175 gms
Melted Butter (Unsalted)  - 50 gms

Method Of Preparation

Pre heat the oven to 200 Degree celsius/ 400 degree F or Gas 6. Grease a 20 cm round cake tin and dust with flour. Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Continue to whisk until the mixture had doubled the volume and is light and creamy. Remove from heat and continue to whisk until cold and thick.
This is called the Ribbon Stage as the mixture will trail off the whisk in ribbon when you lift it out of the mixture.
Lightly foldin the flour and melted butter. Gently pour the mix into prepared tin and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes. The easiest way to test is with a skewer, which will come out clean when the sponge is ready.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin. Then turn out and enjoy

Chocolate Cake - Vegetarian (Eggless)

Ingredients:

Flour – 1 ¾ cup

Cocoa powder, unsweetened – ¾ cup

Sugar – 1cup

Baking soda – 1tsp

Salt – ¼ tsp

Buttermilk – 1 cup

Vegetable oil or melted butter – ½ cup

Vanilla essence – 2 tsp

Method Of Preparation

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.Butter and flour a 9x2 in round cake panMix together the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients separatelyMix both together and pour into the prepared cake panBake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.Let cool for 5 minutes before turning out of the pan.