Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, easy chocolate sponge cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Easy chocolate sponge cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Easy chocolate sponge cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
In a large mixing bowl beat egg whites and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form. Set another cake layer on top, and repeat process with remaining simple syrup, frosting, and cake layers. Frost top and sides of cake in a swirling motion. This chocolate Italian sponge cake is quite fast and easy to prepare, once you understand exactly what you have to do.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easy chocolate sponge cake using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy chocolate sponge cake:
- Make ready 175 grams margarine
- Prepare 115 grams caster sugar
- Make ready 50 grams golden syrup
- Make ready 175 grams self-raising flour - sifted
- Prepare 3 tbsp cocoa powder - sifted
- Take 3 medium free range eggs
- Take 2 tbsp raspbery jam/orange marmalade
- Take 150 ml whipping cream
- Make ready icing sugar for dusting
Stir the mixture until it's fully blended and the lumps are gone. Chocolate Genoise is, basically, a chocolate sponge cake. Sponge cakes get most of their structure from whipped eggs. Like every sponge cake recipe, Chocolate Genoise is balanced more towards structure builders than tenderizers.
Steps to make Easy chocolate sponge cake:
- Grease and line two 18cm round cake tins.
- Preheat oven to 180°c.
- Place margarine, sugar, golden syrup, flour, cocoa and eggs into a large bowl and cream together until well blended.
- Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared cake tins and bake in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes until tops are just firm and the cakes are springy to the touch.
- Leave the cakes to cool in the tins for 5 minutes then remove from the tins and leave to go completely cold on a wire rack.
- Spread one cake with the jam/marmalade.
- Whip the cream until thick and spread evenly over the jam/marmalade.
- Place the other cake on top and dust with icing sugar.
Sponge cakes get most of their structure from whipped eggs. Like every sponge cake recipe, Chocolate Genoise is balanced more towards structure builders than tenderizers. This mean the cake is not only light and airy from the whipped eggs, it's also strong and resilient. In a large bowl, whisk to combine the cocoa powder, flour, and salt. Bring an inch of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan.
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