Butterless Sponge Cake | பஞ்சு கேக் | Basic Sponge Cake

Ingredients :

Egg - 3 no Maida / All Purpose Flour - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/4 cup Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Salt - Pinch Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Method :

Steps To Make The Butter-less Sponge Cake  Preheat the oven to 180 degree at convection mode. Lightly grease the sides of a 7" cake dish with oil / butter and dust by maida / all purpose flour. Also line the base with greased butter paper / waxed paper and keep aside. Stiff together the maida / all purpose flour, baking soda and salt. Keep aside.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs with an electric beater for an minute. (Image 1) Sprinkle on the sugar little by little and continue beating 5minutes longer, until the ribbon stage. (Image 2 and 3) Add in vanilla essence and continue beating for few seconds. Gradually stir in the sifted flour mixture very gently.(Image 4 and 5)

Pour in to the prepared cake dish, and bake in the lower rake about 25 to 30min or until done. (Image 6 and 7) The cake should spring back, when center is gently pressed with a fingertip. Let cake cool down in the cake dish for about 10min, turn out, remove the butter paper / waxed paper and cool it. (Image 8) Decorate with butter icing and ready to serve.