DELICIOUS FAIL PROOF SPONGE CAKE

Semi naked vanilla sponge with buttercream icing and fresh flowers

BASIC SPONGE RECIPE


Ingredients
  12
cupcakes
24
cupcakes
48
cupcakes
60
cupcakes
    2 x 6”
(15cm)
cakes
2 x 8″
(20cm)
cakes
2 x 9″
(22cm)
cakes
2 x 10″
(25cm)
cakes
Eggs (large)   3 4 6 8
Water ml 100 150 200 300
Sunflower
Oil
ml 100 150 200 300
Castor sugar grams 200 300 400 600
Vanilla
Essence
ml 10 15 20 30
Cake Flour grams 200 300 400 600
Baking
Powder
ml 12 18 25 30
Salt ml 2.5 3.5 5 5
Cocoa:
exchange for
flour
ml 50 75 100 100

Oven Temperature:  180C (160C in fan assisted oven)

METHOD:

  1. Separate the eggs
  2. To the yolks add water and oil;  whisk well using electric hand mixer
  3. Add vanilla essence and sugar – mix well
  4. Add sifted flour, salt and Baking powder –mix well
  5. Add fairly stiff whisked egg whites to batter and fold in carefully. Don’t overmix!
  6. Bake in prepared tins: 
  • Cupcakes: 15 – 18 minutes
  • 6” (15 cm) round tin:      20 – 24 minutes
  • Large Rectangle tin:         40 – 60 minutes
  • As soon as cakes are removed from oven, drizzle syrup over them to keep moist. (See Syrup recipe)

To make a chocolate cake see “Cocoa exchange for flour” in above table. Remember whatever you take out you must add back in.

To make a red velvet cake, make a chocolate cake and add approximately 10 – 30 ml of red food colouring to the mixture BEFORE you add the whisked egg whites.

“Smash” cakes

“Smash” cakes are quite the latest trend for babies celebrating their 1st and 2nd birthdays.  For those of you who aren’t quite sure about this trend, a small cake (usually a 15cm cake or a Giant cupcake) is made for a photo shoot for the lucky little cutie pie to sit in front of and literally “smash” the cake.  Lots of photos are taken of this event for those special treasured moments and who knows, maybe to reappear at a 21st birthday party one day🙂  Here are a few photos of some “smash” cakes I’ve made:

 

Naked & Semi Naked Cakes

Becoming more popular are the very natural looking “naked” sponge cakes  or the semi naked sponge cakes, which have just a touch of buttercream icing on the outside.  They can be decorated with fresh flowers, fresh fruit or just a sprinkling of icing sugar.  Very elegant and delicious!

Marshmallow pops!

These tasty treats are fast becoming a firm favourite at parties, weddings and baby showers.  Marshmallows dipped in delicious chocolate and coated with colourful 100’s and 1000’s to match the colour of the cake / party.  Here are s few examples:

014_fotor
Toy Story

100_fotor
Rainbow

090_fotor-high-res
Ballet

040_fotor-high-res
Neutral

dsc_0502_fotor
Frozen

032_fotor
Pink and Mint

Cupcakes for all occasions

Wedding cakes

Wedding Days are such an important day for the happy couple and the wedding cake is one of the main features of their celebration.  I offer free consultations to discuss their wedding cake of their dreams.