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.

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated white sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract/essence
1 1/2 cup cake flour(maida or all purpose flour)
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup(60ml) milk

Method:

• Preheat your oven to 180 deg Celsius
• Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat vanilla extract to the mixture at the end( use electric beater for best results)
  
• In a separate bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking powder and salt(best method id to sieve them together 2-3 times so that they are well mixed).
• Alternatively add flour mix and milk in 3 additions to the wet ingredients, beginning and ending with flour mix
• Grease your baking pan with cooking spray( or butter and flour your baking pan) thoroughly and fill the pan with the batter
• Bake for around 40-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted to the center of the cake comes out clean
• Wait for the cake to cool completely before you take it out of the pan. Cake decoration and icing should be done only after the cake comes to room temperature.
  

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