Sponge cake with condensed milk

Another version of  Sponge Cake.
It can be made in cupcakes,  24 servings cupcakes.
In case you smaller, one layer cake just use half of the ingredients and bake in only one baking pan.

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour
16 oz can condensed milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 Tablespoons butter, softened
3 Teaspoons baking powder

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Oil two 9 inch round pans.
Beat the egg, butter and condense milk until all ingredients are well incorporated.
Mix flour and baking powder. Add vanilla and flour to the eggs and continue beating for 4-5 more mins.

Bake for 25 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Cool down the cakes for 15 mins and then take them out from the baking pan. Let it cool completely.
At this point you can spread strawberry jam or frosting on top of one of the layers and place the second on top of it. Cover with frosting or leave it as it is and enjoy!

You can use almond, rum or coconut flavors, chocolate frosting, cream cheese frosting or any other flavor you prefer. Fresh berries go well with this cake and can be combined with cream cheese frosting to compliment the sweet and moist texture of the  cake.
Very easy recipe and open for modification in terms of flavor and presentation,

Enjoy!!!

Basic Sponge Cake

Sponge cake can be made ahead of time and once cooled and firm we can cut it or mold to a desired shape. Decorate with favorite frosting or eat with warm jam and  a touch of whipped cream.

You may notice,  the cake on this pictures is little greenish :), well this is my little princess touch. She just have to experiment with the food colors... she was mixing a lot of blue and little bit red....we expected more of a purple color, but this is what we got :)..The cake on the pictures is made with half doze of the ingredients, as I was short on eggs, it was baked in 9'' round cake form. It was perfect portion for two days for the kids only!
I let kids choose their frosting, sprinkles and fruits every time they want to eat a slice. Believe me, the chances of finishing everything on the plate it higher when they do it "in their own way";).

Ingredients:

6 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Directions:

Separate the yolks and egg whites.
Beat the yolks in a big mixing bowls until light yellow in color and thick in texture.

Add the sugar gradually and keep beating until the color turn even lighter yellow.

Add water and vanilla extract.

Mix in the flour as well.

In a second bowl beat the egg whites until frothy and add salt and cream of tartar. Beat the mixture until stiff.

Fold the whites in the egg yolk mixture slowly.

Bake in a preheated oven to 350 Degrees F. for 30 mins or until done.

 I helped little bit here to make the frosting in a way kids wanted it to be :)

TIPS:

You can use any flavor other than vanilla as per your taste. Serve with whipped cream or a topping of your choice.

Basic Sponge Cake - version 2

This is another basic recipe for sponge cake using milk and salted butter.
This cake can be sandwiched with jam and cream cheese frosting in between both parts, melted chocolate and/or and fresh strawberries :). Very easy to adjust to your favorite flavor :)

The secret to any good sponge cake is to beat the eggs well until they are pale yellow in color and have thick consistency. Take your time to do this and you will have moist and rich sponge cake.


Ingredients:

4 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup milk
1/4 cup lightly salted butter
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325F.( 165 degrees)

Heat the milk and butter ,on a low heat, just until the butter is melted ( you can also warm it in the microwave, as I did to save time ;) ). Cool it down, if you use hot milk and butter it may curdle the eggs and the cake wont come out good at all.

I had it  in the microwave for 1 min and then let the butter melt completely and cool down until I work on the eggs.




n a large bowl beat all 4 eggs for about 5 mins:

Then add the sugar and continue beating for 6-7 more minutes or  until light yellow and thicker.

Add the vanilla and stir just to combine it with the egg-sugar mixture.
In a separate bowl, stiff together the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, salt.
Add this to the eggs and beat on a low speed until well combined.

Now add the milk and butter to the rest of the batter and beat well.
Pour in two greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans, or one big like in the picture below.
Bake for around 35-40 mins or until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake come out clean, not sticky with the batter.

Cool down for around 10 -15 mins  and take the cakes out of  the pan to cool down completely.

At this point you can spread any of your favorite jam on top of the first and place the second one on top.
You can spread store bought frosting or make your own one and use it. Add sliced  fresh fruits on top of it and enjoy a fresh homemade sponge cake.
Chocolate frosting goes well with this cake as well and all time favorite with kids. :).
Enjoy!!!
TIPS:
To make lemony cake add the zest from 1 lemon along the vanilla.
For orange flavored - 1/2 teaspoon orange essence with the vanilla, or omit the  vanilla for it completely.
I've tried also using almond flavor and using cream cheese frosting with sliced roasted almonds to decorate.
Fresh strawberries or raspberries goes very good with it as well. We are big fans of fresh fruits :)