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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: veritas on September 30, 2021, 08:35:51 AM

Title: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: veritas on September 30, 2021, 08:35:51 AM

I've been trying for the last couple days, have tried more than ten times to make a simple sponge cake and it's just disgustingly dense.

Can someone please guide me in making a simple sponge cake?

I can make pizza as attached... but sponge cake is proving to be impossible!

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Arcadian_Dreamer on September 30, 2021, 03:56:57 PM

What ingredients did you use?

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on September 30, 2021, 06:47:07 PM

I have heard it's something about mixing the egg white and the batter stage.  You do it wrong and you can kiss your perfect sponge cake goodbye.  You may also just need to increase the egg white.  That pizza does not look good though - it's looks a bit burnt.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: KenyanPlato on September 30, 2021, 11:39:56 PM

What kind pizza you baking over there? Looks like bread those middle Eastern flat breads.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: veritas on October 01, 2021, 05:54:18 AM

That's my version of a mini NY cheese pizza without too much cheese because I'm on a diet. It tastes better than it looks  :D

I've tried many different types of whipping techniques with the eggs but to no avail. .. baking is hard  :-\

I used egg whites, flour, baking powder, sugar and that's it. I'll increase the egg white.. see how that goes..

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Arcadian_Dreamer on October 01, 2021, 06:32:16 AM

Quote from: veritas on October 01, 2021, 05:54:18 AM

That's my version of a mini NY cheese pizza without too much cheese because I'm on a diet. It tastes better than it looks  :D

I've tried many different types of whipping techniques with the eggs but to no avail. .. baking is hard  :-\

I used egg whites, flour, baking powder, sugar and that's it. I'll increase the egg white.. see how that goes..

Use whole eggs, and get a good whisk.

YouTube is your friend. I find baking to be easier than cooking.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on October 08, 2021, 08:06:29 PM

I am baking a Brooklyn Blackout Cake this weekend.  Naturally I'll scale back on the sugar measures(American pastries just go way too much on the sugar front).

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: veritas on October 09, 2021, 04:44:58 PM

Oh wow Brooklin Blackout Cake, that sounds amazing ! Please do share a snap !

I'm still not getting the sponge... AD, you must have magic touch, I've tried whole eggs, whisk, it's just not working for me. ..

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Georgesoros on October 09, 2021, 05:50:05 PM

Veritas,
Thats not a sponge cake :(.????
It looks like something between cake douhg and pizza dough
Sponge cake is mostly egg whites. Keep trying.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: veritas on October 12, 2021, 01:34:25 PM

George, that's my NY pizza ...  :D

I'm still working on the sponge cake, too hard !!

On another note, this is my rose gold rice cooker (attached). You know how I burnt down my kitchen a couple months back ... when the firefighters were doing the incident report they were struggling to figure out what my rice cooker was ... well, just as an FYI this is a rice cooker.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Georgesoros on October 12, 2021, 03:05:56 PM

Mmmmm, Veritas.
You've gone techie.
Me, I prefer cooking the old fashioned way.
Its leaves more nutrition in the food.

Title: Re: How do you make a sponge cake?
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on December 13, 2021, 07:41:03 PM

Quote from: veritas on October 09, 2021, 04:44:58 PM

Oh wow Brooklin Blackout Cake, that sounds amazing ! Please do share a snap !

I'm still not getting the sponge... AD, you must have magic touch, I've tried whole eggs, whisk, it's just not working for me. ..

It took a while(pictures were too big), but here is a resized version.

(https://nipate.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10938.0;attach=1028;image)

(https://nipate.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10938.0;attach=1029;image)