Vanilla Flavored Sponge Cake

Winter, Christmas & New Year- Festive Season Baking Special

Vanilla Flavored Sponge Cake

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

Eggs- 6

Unsalted Butter/White Butter- 300 Grams

Bleached/ Refined Flour (Maida)- 300 Grams
Castor Sugar- 300 Grams

Baking Powder- ½ Tsp.

Pure Vanilla Essence- 1 Tsp.

Method:

- Preheat the Electric Oven (the old style Aluminium ones we still prefer for Sponge Cakes!) at 360 degrees Celsius/set the Microwave (Convection) at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes

- Sieve the Flour and Baking powder together in a bowl and keep aside

- Separate the Egg whites from the Egg yolks and keep the Egg yolks aside

- In a bowl, beat the Egg whites till a foamy texture appears

- Add the Egg yolks gradually to the Egg white mixture and beat the mixture

- Add the Castor sugar to the Egg mixture and beat it till the Sugar blends well with the Eggs

- Add Butter to the mixture and beat the whole mixture well

- Slowly add the Flour mixture to the Eggs and mix well with a spatula
- Add the Vanilla Essence to the prepared Batter and mix well

- Pour the batter in a greased container and set to bake in the preheated oven

- After the colour turns Golden brown, the Cake is done!

(Try to check the Cake as it turns golden brown by poking a knife in the centre, if the knife comes clean we can take it out to cool and then cut in desired shapes :)!!

Tips:

- Some of the Well Kept Baking Secrets from the Finest of Bakers we have interacted with include the Measurements for Sponge Cake is to Add 1 Medium sized Egg which approximately measures 50 Grams & the Flour: Sugar: Butter Ratio can be adjusted (Increased/Decreased) accordingly

So for example, with 7 Eggs (equals approx. 350 Grams.) we should be using 350 Grams of Flour, Sugar & Butter 

- Can use Self Raising Four which is suitable for most Baked Items like Muffins, Scones and Biscuits whereas the Plain Flour/All Purpose Flour is mostly suitable for making Breads, Pizzas etc.

- A variety of handheld electric mixers are readily available in the local stores, you can also opt for a handheld manual beater but choose the one that suits you

- In case of unavailability of Castor Sugar, finely grind the granular Sugar to make Castor sugar

- With a Manual Whisker/Beater (my Mom still uses the Manual Egg Beater!), we need to continuously mix the batter from the time we put the Eggs till the ingredients mix well forming a Smooth Batter

Feel free to share your views & do let us know how this one turned out :) 

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Just like the Tata's, their honest approach towards Quality products shows in their Aashirvaad Whole Wheat Flour (Regular & Sharbati Atta)

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Feel free to share your views on this Product & let us know how it can be of use in our Pantry :)

Hello :)

Hello All :),

I officially start blogging today so hope you all like my first attempt :) 

I will try to share as much as we can gather some of the well kept secrets of our Vegetarian Telugu cuisine and the world famous 'Dilli ka khana'. I will be primarily blogging from Chennai, our very own capital Dilli/Delhi and maintain my travel log for all over across India & Abroad

Being a Telugu born & Raised in Delhi with Maternal Chennai influence & to top it all married into a Telugu Family from Odisha, whew!!!

My Mother-in-Law has had an interest & good knowledge of Rare Ayurvedic Herbs, Vegetarian Oriya-Jharkhand-Uttar Pradesh Recipes & a varied Eastern Cuisine influence & great Tips as she along with her Kids (my Husband & his Elder Sister) were Born & Raised in Odisha which puts me in quite a beneficial spot

I must admit that we have been lucky to incorporate my Mother-in-Law’s expertise in our Kitchen & those closely guarded Secrets of the North-South, East-West have definitely become an inspiration for us as we can include all these Posts which encompass India as a whole in our Blog

So to start with, with the winter season on the roll along with Christmas festivities kicking in, lots of items would be prepared specially and Christmas shopping would be on the list as well

I hope our attempt at the Fusion of Our Passion for Blogging & Cooking (yes the term is Blooking!) can be a learning ride for all

We salute all the Working People, Students, Bachelors, and Newly Wed Couples who have bravely moved away from home and are making it big on their own

It has almost become a requirement for everybody to be 'On the Run' which includes from being busy at School, College, Home, Businesses, or a Hectic Corporate Lifestyle. Amidst all this, we definitely miss our families who pampered us especially our Mom's Magic Touch! 

When it comes to recreating the same for ourselves, we may necessarily not have all the technique, equipment, tips and most importantly the patience and time to replicate the same recipes. We will try and post some tried and tested, easy to make recipes which can be made without wasting a lot of time but all it needs is love for whom we will be making it :)!

Om Sai Ram  :)