Basic Sponge Cake Recipe

• 1 Cup sifted cake flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 3 Eggs, separated
• 1/4 Cup water
• 1 Cup sugar, divided
• 2 Egg whites
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Vanilla

• Combine cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a big bowl, stir well and keep aside.
• Beat 3 egg yolks in an electric mixer at high speed of for about 1 minute.
• Add 3/4 cup sugar, beating constantly for about 5 minutes till the egg yolks are thick.
• Combine vanilla and 1/4 cup water with it, beating at low speed till well blended.
• Add flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture beating at low speed till blended, keep aside.
• Beat egg whites in a bowl at room temperature at high speed till foamy.
• Slowly add rest of the sugar, beating till peaks form.
• Stir one fourth of the egg white mixture into the batter and gently fold in the rest of the egg white mixture.
• Pour the batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes till cake springs back when touched lightly in the centre.
• Invert the pan and let it cool for about 45 minutes.
• Now remove it from the pan.