Cotton soft sponge cake

Ingredients

Maida/flour - 1/2 cup + 3tbsp
Eggs - 4
Sugar - 3 tbsp+1/4cup
Salt - A pinch
Milk - 3 tbsp
Vanila essence - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tbsp

Method
1. Separate egg white and egg yolks
2. Mix eg yolks, sugar, salt, milk, vanila and oil and whisk well.
3. Seive in flour/maida and mix well with the whisk.


4. Beat egg whites in a separate clean dry bowl and slowly add 1/4 cup sugar slowly until stiff peaks are formed.
5. Fold in 3 & 4
6. Pour into a prepared pan.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 mins untill a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let it cool completely before taking out of the pan.

Enjoy the fluffy cotton sponge cake..

Replace the 3 tbsp flour with cocoa powder for chocolate cotton soft sponge cake.

Home made Butter icing for cake decoration

Ingredients:

1. Unsalted Butter - 250gm
2. Icing Sugar - 250gm
3. Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon

Method:

1. Sieve the icing sugar and keep aside
2. Beat the unsalted butter until pale and light,
3. Slowly incorporate the sieved icing sugar little by little(1 Table spoon at a time) until well combined
4. Add vanilla essence and mix well again

** If you need a pure white icing, make sure your vanilla essence is a clear one, else you can omit it.
** If you are using the icing for decorating, you may add any desired food colour and the consistency of the icing can be adjusted by adding more icing sugar. For example, if you want to write on the cake with butter icing, you will need a more consistent that you need to cover a cake

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