Italian Sponge Cake Recipes

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE (PAN DI SPAGNA)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F/180 degrees C. Generously butter and flour an 8-inch/20 cm round cake pan and set aside. Place eggs and granulated sugar in a large bowl and slightly beat with a hand whisk.
• Continue to whisk and bring the bowl over a bain-marie/water bath to warm the mixture up to 104 degrees F/40 degrees C (warm to the touch). Remove the bowl from the bain-marie/water bath and beat the eggs/sugar mixture with an electric mixer until the volume is doubled for about 12 to 15 minutes. Add sifted flour and mix with a rubber spatula.
• Pour the dough into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Check the readiness of the biscuit with a toothpick or a cake tester: once it comes out clean out of the sponge, the biscuit is ready.
• Let it cool for 10 minutes in the oven off (keep the door slightly open using a wooden spoon) to prevent deflating the sponge cake. Next, remove the sponge from the oven, let it cool for the other ten minutes. Then remove it from the pan by flipping it upside down and cool on a cooling rack, also known as a wire rack.

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE / PAN DI SPAGNA

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 320F (160C) Grease and flour an 8 inch (20 cm) cake pan (springform if you have one).
• In a medium bowl sift together the flour and corn starch. Set aside.
• In a large bowl or stand up mixer add the eggs and sugar and beat for 15 minutes, add the vanilla and beat another 2 minutes.
• Gently fold half the sifted flour into the beaten eggs and combine, then add the remaining flour and gently fold until smooth and completely combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 320F.
• Beat eggs with a pinch of salt until foamy. Start adding sugar a few tablespoons at a time. Add next portion once previous sugar has been dissolved.
• Continue beating egg and sugar mix for 10 more minutes (should take around 15 minutes total).Stand mixer will be really handy.
• Mix corn starch with flour.Start sifting in corn starch and flour mix into the beaten eggs. Fold it gently moving your spatula from the bottom to the top. Once first portion of flour mix is incorporated, add in another portion. Continue until you have used all the mix.As a result you should get very light and airy batter.
• Grease and flour the baking pan, remove access flour.Or use a parchment paper liner instead.
• Pour in the sponge cake batter into the pan. Level with a spatula if needed.
• Bake in a preheated to 320F oven for 40-50 minutes.
• Do a toothpick test at 40 minute mark. If toothpick come out dry (not sticky and without any crumbs stuck to it) sponge cake is ready. Otherwise leave for another 5-10 minutes.Of course, look for nice light golden brown color as well.
• Take the pan out of the oven and let the cake cool before taking it out.Dust with powdered sugar and serve or use further in the other recipe.

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE | PAN DI SPAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170°C (338 F). Then sift together the flour and the potato starch in a bowl. Mix them well and set aside.
• Place the eggs and sugar in a planetary mixer. If you want to flavor the sponge cake, now add 3-4 drops of vanilla essence or the grated rind of 1/2 lemon. This is optional, dependig on the recipe you are going to make with the sponge cake.
• Whip at moderate speed. If you have an electric mixer graduated from 1 to 10, the correct speed is 6. Beat the eggs with the sugar for 15/20 minutes until the mixture has become light and fluffy and has doubled its volume.
• When the eggs and sugar are ready, puffy and frothy, turn off the mixer. Take the sifted flours and add them a little at a time to the cream of eggs and sugar. Mix RIGOROUSLY BY HAND and slowly making movements from the bottom up, so as not to disassemble the mixture.
• As soon as the flours are completely amalgamated to the cream, set aside and carefully cover your springform cake pan with baking paper. Pour the mixture into the cake pan and finally use a spatula to level the surface. DO NOT BEAT THE CAKE PAN on a surface to level it, otherwise it will disassemble.
• Bake the Pan di Spagna in a preheated oven at 170°(338 F) for about 50 minutes. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN FOR THE FIRST 40 MINUTES! Then you can check the cooking with a toothpick. Stick with a toothpick the center of the sponge cake: if it comes out dry it means that it's cooked. Once cooked, remove the sponge cake from the oven. Leave it in the cake pan for about 15 minutes before unmolding. Then let the sponge cake cool completely before using it for your recipes.

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKES IN 5

Steps:

• Heat the honey, water and lemon zest in sauce pot or in microwave for 45 seconds-1 minute on high. Douse the cakes in equal amounts of sauce. Fill the shells with ice cream and top with sliced berries.

THREE INGREDIENT ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Cut wax paper to fit two 9" round cake pans.
• Separate eggs, putting whites in large mixer bowl and yolks in small mixer bowl.
• Add 1/2 c sugar to whites and beat until very stiff.
• Add 1/2 c sugar to yolks and beat until very thick and light yellow in color.
• Fold egg yolk mixture into egg whites.
• Fold flour in using 1//3 c each time until well mixed.
• Do not overmix.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out dry.
• Cool for a few minutes, remove from pan and remove waxpaper.
• Cool completely.
• Fill with a custard cream filling (See one I use posted on Recipezaar) and frost all over with whipped topping or whipped cream.

PAN DI SPAGNA (ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE )

Steps:

• Place egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until lemon colored.
• Add vanilla and lemon rind (if using it).
• Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and then fold into the egg yolk mixture.
• Sift the flour in a separate bowl and slowly incorporate it into the egg mixture with a mixing spoon.
• Butter and flour a 18inch square (or a 9 x 13 x 3, or a 11 x 17 x 2inch half-sheet) cake pan**.
• Pour cake batter into prepared pan and bake at 375°F for 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven and turn out (of pan) onto a cake rack to cool.
• When completely cool, cake may be sliced horizontally to form 2 or 3 thin layers.
• Cake can be tightly wrapped and frozen (up to 3 weeks) for future use.
• **Please check your oven size, to make sure pan will fit properly.

SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans or two 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheets. Line bottoms with parchment; butter parchment and flour pans, tapping out excess flour. Whisk together egg yolks and 1 cup granulated sugar in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water until sugar has dissolved and mixture is warm, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and thick enough to form a ribbon that dissolves onto itself, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and salt; transfer to a large bowl.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar and beat on medium-high speed until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 2 minutes. Fold one third of egg whites into yolks, then gently fold in remaining whites. Sift flour over top and gently start to fold in. When nearly all is folded in, pour melted butter down side of bowl and fold just until incorporated and smooth.
• Divide batter among pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes for rounds, or 15 minutes for sheets, rotating and switching racks halfway through. If baking in round pans, immediately invert cake and remove parchment, then reinvert and cool right side up. If using baking sheets and making a rolled cake, immediately invert cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioner's sugar. Dust top of cake with confectioner's sugar and roll up in towel. Let cool completely, about 1 hour, before unrolling and spreading with filling.

ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE (PAN DI SPAGNA)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly butter and flour one or two 9- or 10-inch (23- to 25-centimeter) springform cake pans.
• Combine the whole eggs and sugar in a stand mixer and beat on high speed for 15 minutes, until the mixture quadruples in volume.
• Add the egg yolks and beat on high speed for 5 minutes. The mixture should be thick enough to write with. Sift the flour and potato starch gradually into the egg-sugar mixture, incorporating a little at a time, mixing each inclusion of flour delicately with a spatula, scooping from the bottom up, so you do not deflate the eggs. Mix in the vanilla and lemon zest until just blended, then divide the batter between the prepared pans.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, until light golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Do not overbake. It will dry and set as it cools.
• Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool to room temperature.