Recipe : ButterLess Strawberry Sponge Cake Valentine's Day Special Dessert Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes Recipe Category: Cake Yield: One 9" Cake

Ingredients :

Strawberry Puree - 1/4 cup Maida \ All Purpose Flour - 1 cup Milk - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Egg - 3 no Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp Cooking Soda - 1/4 tsp Salt - 2 pinch Lemon Rind - 1 tsp

Method

Preparation : Lightly grease the bottom of a 9" cake tin. Line the waxed paper in the bottom and set aside. (shown in above image) Sieve the flour, baking powder, cooking soda and salt together for 2 to 3 times and keep aside. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.

Steps To Make Strawberry Sponge Cake : Separate the egg yolks and whites. Beat the egg yolks with an electric mixer for 2 to 3minutes until they are pale yellow. (Image 1 and 2) Sprinkle on the sugar and continue beating for 5 minutes longer until the yolks becomes thick in texture and quite pale colour. (Image 2) Add strawberry puree and lemon rind, mix by spoon. (Image 3) Then gradually add the sieved flour mixture and milk and mix all together. (Image 4 and 5)

Beat the egg whites till peaks but not dry. (Image 6) Stir 1/4 of the beaten egg whites into the batter to lighten it. (Image 7) Then gently fold in the balance egg whites. (Image 8)

Pour the batter in to the prepared cake tin. (Image 9) Bake for 30 to 35minutes or until done. Test the cake by inserting a tooth pick or knife in the middle and it should comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin for about 10mins. (Image 10) Turn out and remove the waxed paper (Image 11), cool completely, decorate with favorite icing and ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion : Serve with Cheese straws.

Author: Kalai's Cooking Recipes