Cheap Sponge Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup cake flour (i have substituted all-purpose and it works)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 eggs, separated,at room temperature
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350, and line 2 nine inch pans with wax paper.
• 2 sift flour with baking powder; in a separate bowl, combine the water and the vanilla.
• 3 beat egg yolks until thick, then slowly add the sugar bit by bit, until the mixture gets thick and cream colored.
• 4 add the flour alternately with the water, beginning and ending with the flour.
• 5 with clean mixer, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar untilsoft peaks form.
• 6 fold egg whites into batter lightly, about 1/4 at a time.
• 7 spoon into the pans and bake about 25 minutes, or until gold and springy.
• 8 i have added 3/4 cup nuts, 1/4 cup cocoa (sifted with the flour), 1 tbsp instant coffee, etc--it's a nice recipe to experiment with.
• 9 you can also make these into cupcakes--fill cupcake papers 3/4 full, bake about 12 minutes, makes about 24.