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Sponge Cakes are cakes made with a light, airy texture.

No fat is used in their batters, consequently they tend to be drier cakes, and become stale more quickly, owing to the missing fat. Consequently, they are often served with syrups on them to moisten them, or iced to help prevent them drying out as quickly.

They use beaten whole eggs. The bubbles of air trapped by the beaten eggs expand when heated, causing the cake to rise. The whipping of air into the egg happens before the flour is added in. This allows more air to get into the egg, and prevents the flour from developing gluten as it might with all the beating necessary.
Warm Method: has you beat the egg with sugar over a double boiler. The theory is that when the egg is warmed, more air will be trapped. This results in a denser sponge;
Cold Method: Eggs are separated, yolks are whipped into the sugar, whites are beaten separately, then the other ingredients including the yolk and sugar mixture are carefully folded in. This results in a lighter sponge.
Sometimes both of the above methods are classed together as the "sugar batter method", because the batter starts with sugar and egg as the first step. Professionals may use commercial emulsifiers, which allow them to mix all the ingredients all together at once. This is sometimes referred to as "All-in-one-mixture method."
Some recipes cheat by sneaking in a little baking powder for additional leavening.
Angel Food Cakes are like sponge cakes, but use only egg whites, so they are airier than Sponge Cakes.

A Genoise, aka Butter Sponge Cake, is also a type of Sponge Cake, but it uses fat in the form of melted butter, so it is less airy than true Sponges.
American Style Sponges tend to use more eggs, and call for the egg whites to be beaten separately.
European Style Sponges often call for the addition of flavouring syrups, to help keep the cake moist, and to add flavour. European Sponges are also more likely to break the "no fat" rule of thumb.
You can tell a good sponge by pinching it: where you pinched should expand back out. If it doesn't, the Sponge is too dense.
A Sponge Cake is not the same as a Pound Cake.
Cooking Tips

If taking eggs out of the fridge, let them come to room temperature or warm them in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes first before using.
To beat them, use an electric hand-mixer or stand mixer; but not a blender -- the blades in a blender are designed for chopping and aren't good at getting air into a cake batter. Though you can always do it by hand, if you want the exercise.
Get the oven heated in advance. Don't let the cake wait for it to come up to temperature.

Don't grease the cake pans: you want to allow the dough to grip the sides of the pan as it rises during baking.

Get the pan of cake batter into the heated oven as soon as the batter is finished. Some people advise, just before putting the cake in the oven, to drop the cake pan a few times on the counter to get large air bubbles out of the batter. Others say this is an old, wives' tale, and that this is the last thing you want to do.

Issues often encountered are soggy cakes, tough surfaces, and cracking in the centre. Some people bake their Sponges in a tube pan to solve problems such as soggy centres inside, or cracked centre tops.

Some people advocate letting the cake cool upside down when removed from the oven, and leaving it that way for about 1 1/2 hours. Some do this by inverting the pan in a colander, which allows lots of air to circulate to prevent condensation.
Cut a cooled Sponge Cake with a serrated knife.

INGREDIENTS
Serves a small cake
Total Preparation Time - 1 hour
The cup I have used here is not the standard one, so I have given the measurements in grams and ml too. The cup I use has a volume of 150 ml.
Maida / All purpose flour - 2 cups (200 grams)
Sugar - 1.5 cup (200 grams)
Milk - 150 ml (1 cup)
Unsalted Butter - 1/4 cup (50 grams)
Eggs - 2 (At room temperature)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp (or pineapple essence)
Salt - 1/8 tsp
Extras you will need:
Pressure cooker (Whistle or regulator not needed)
Whisk
Electric hand blender
Wooden ladle
6 inch wide cake pan

PREPARATION METHOD
Powder sugar and set aside. You can use granulated sugar too, but powdered sugar works best. Do not use icing sugar here.
To milk add butter an place on low flame and wait until the butter melts. Stir well and set this aside.

Sieve flour, salt and baking powder together 5 times and set aside.
Take a bowl and break open eggs and pour into it. Beat well until it turns light and fluffy. It takes just few minutes using an electric hand blender but if you are using a whisk it will take some time. This is the main step that makes the cake spongy. So do not skip, but beat well.

Now add the powdered sugar into the bowl and beat well using the hand blender or whisk. This is also another main step that makes the cake fluffy and spongy.

Then add the flour, mix slowly and don't beat now (if using a blender don't beat long, use slow speed), use a wooden ladle or a whisk and mix gently until the batter blends well and no lumps are found.
Then add the butter and milk mixture and mix well using a ladle.

Now add vanilla essence and stir well again.
Grease the inside of a small round cake pan that measures 6 Inch x 2 Inch with butter and dust some flour over it, tap off the excess. (Place parchment paper or butter paper optionally inside the pan) Pour the batter into this greased pan, do not pour upto the brim, stop when the pan is 3/4th full. (The batter we have prepared will be perfectly enough to fill 3/4th of the pan)
Take a pressure cooker and place the separator plate into it and close the cooker with its as shown in the pic. Place this set up on flame and preheat the cooker for about 10 minutes on high flame. Do not place the whistle / regulator, you will not need it.

Now open the cooker and place the cake pan with batter carefully on the separator plate and close the lid. (whistle or regulator is not needed throughout the procedure so keep it away)
Switch the flame to low mode and cook for 30 to 40 minutes on low flame. Check in between to see if your cake has got cooked.

When you smell the cake, it is ready, now remove from flame and set aside. Do not open the lid immediately. Open after 10 minutes.
You will find that the cake has puffed up well and would have browned nice and evenly too.

Let it cool down. Then just tap off and the cake would come out easily. But in case if you find difficulty in tapping the cake out, just run a knife through the sides of the cake and tap it out.
Leave aside on a wire rack until it cools down. Then cut into pieces and serve.

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