Classic Vanilla Sponge Eggless Recipes

EGGLESS VANILLA CAKE SPONGE

Steps:

• Sieve the flour in a bowl and set aside
• In another bowl, beat the yogurt and sugar together. To this mixture add the baking soda and baking powder. Beat well making sure there are no lumps and let this mixture rest for 5-8 mins. This mixture will have bubbles all around and turn frothy
• Now add the vanilla essence and oil. Beat well
• Fold in the flour making sure there are no lumps
• Pour this batter in a 6-inch baking dish lined with parchment paper
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 30 - 40 mins or until an inserted skewer comes out clean

EGGLESS VANILLA SPONGE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 180 degree C (356 degree F) for 10 minutes.
• Take either two 6-inches (round or square) baking pans or one 8-inch baking pan. Grease entire surface of the pan with oil or melted butter using a brush.
• Sprinkle some maida over it and tilt the pan in all directions so the maida covers the greased surface. Line the pan with a parchment paper (or butter paper).
• Sift 1½ cups all purpose flour (maida) in a large bowl.
• Add 1 cup plain curd and 3/4 cup sugar in another large bowl.
• Mix well using a wired whisk until smooth. Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• Mix well and keep the mixture idle for 5 minutes. As the baking soda starts to react with the curd, bubbles will start to appear on the surface.
• Add 1/2 cup oil. Use any cooking oil that doesn't have a strong smell, e.g sunflower oil, light olive oil.
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla essence and mix well.
• Add previously sifted flour (maida).
• Mix well using a wired whisk or a spatula.
• Mix until it turns little smooth and no visible signs of white flour. Do not worry if the mixture is little lumpy.
• Pour batter into previously greased pan. Place it in pre-heated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes at 180 C (356 F) until the top looks brown.
• Remove the pan from the oven and insert a toothpick in the center to check whether it is fully cooked or not. If it comes out clean, then it means it is cooked. If it does not, then cook for few more minutes. If the cake turns brown from the top but remains uncooked from inside, cover the pan with aluminum foil to prevent cake from turning brown further and bake again for 5-10 minutes.
• Let it cool for 15-20 minutes. Run a knife on sides of the pan. Place a cooling rack (or a plate) on the pan and invert both pan and rack to remove the cake from pan easily. Carefully remove the parchment paper. It will come out very easily.
• Cake is ready. Either serve it as is with coffee or garnish with chocolate syrup or vanilla frosting and enjoy.

CLASSIC VANILLA SPONGE (EGGLESS)

Steps:

• Start by sifting the dry ingredients in a bowl. Simply place on top, a sieve that fits the mixing bowl perfectly. Next add the dry ingredients one by one and then start sifting. To speed up the process tap the sieve continuously while slowly shaking it. Once done, discard any left over big particles (try pushing them down using a spoon first, as sometimes they form big lumps due to exposure of moisture. Thus pushing them down make help lower the waste). Mix all the sifted dry ingredients and move on to the next step.
• The second step is to add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Start by gradually pouring the room temperature milk in, add little by little and keep whisking it. Once smooth, add the rest of the ingredients and whisk again to get rid of lumps and to incorporate everything nicely.
• Next, start by preheating your oven to 180 deg. Celsius. Then remove your cake tin and grease it on all sides with melted butter to prevent it from sticking. Then dust some all-purpose flour on top and nicely coat it to ensure that the cake gets de-molded with ease. People usually mess up with coating the tin most of the times. You are supposed to add some all-purpose flour and slightly tilt the pan and keep rotating in order to coat the base and the edges. Then shake off the excess. Next, pour your prepared batter into the tin and tap 2-3 times against the kitchen platform to remove any air bubbles.
• Transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Check the cake every 7-8 minutes. Once it is about 15 minutes, remove it and insert a toothpick. It should come out clean but not bone dry (which means your toothpick should still have a few crumbs on indicating that it is still moist inside). If there is a lot of crumbs on the toothpick, bake the cake for an additional 5-7 minutes. Then leave it to cool for up to 15-20 minutes. Once cooled, dust icing sugar on top and drizzle over some *chocolate ganache and serve.
• *To prepare the chocolate ganache, melt some chocolate (milk/dark/mix of both), cream and butter together in the microwave or using a double boiler. Once cooled down, transfer to a piping bag or simply use a spoon to drizzle it on top.

BASIC VANILLA SPONGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
• Grease and line your cake tin. To do this, use wax paper to spread butter or margarine around all the areas your batter will touch whilst cooking. Coat the greased areas in a fine layer of flour and tap tin to remove excess. Lay a single strip of wax paper along the bottom of the tin and up each side to form "handles" which you will need later.
• Cream butter and caster sugar until light in colour and fluffy. I suggest you use an electric whisk to add more air into your batter.
• Add the eggs one at a time followed by the milk and vanilla essence. Whisk until thoroughly combined.
• Sift the flour and baking powder from the top of the bowl to add air and fold in gradually in with a metal spoon or silicone spatula.
• Pour mixture into your prepared cake tin and tap filled tin onto work surface several times to remove air bubbles and smooth the batter.
• Put into the oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Whilst it's cooking, you can wash up!
• Once cooked, lay on the work surface for 10 minutes before turning out using your handles and leaving to cool if desired. If you want, you can cover your cake in a frosting or fondant or dust it in icing sugar and serve generously with tea.