Sponge Cake
Created by elsie on October 23, 2011
- Servings: 12-14
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 65m
- Recipe #7794
Ingredients
- 6 egg yolks
- 11/2 cups granulated sugar
- 11/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cold water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 6 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 325 degrees.
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Step 2: In a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until very thick and lemon colored; about 5 minutes. Gradually beat in sugar.
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Step 3: On low speed, mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt, alternately with water; add vanilla.
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Step 4: In another mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tarter until stiff.
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Step 5: Gradually fold in the egg mixture into the egg whites; fold gently until blended.
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Step 6: Pour batter into a ungreased tube pan. Bake 60-65 minutes.
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Step 7: Remove from oven and invert pan on a funnel or empty glass soda bottle; let cake hang until cake is completely cooled.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (154.6 g)
- Calories 544.4
- Total Fat - 1.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 129.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 131.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.9 g
- Sugars - 91.8 g
- Protein - 7.3 g
- Calcium - 48.2 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg