Sponge cakes: the best recipes from budget to homemade masterpieces with filling, step-by-step baking recipes

Prepared by: Arina Volskaya

11/22/2013 Cooking time: 1 hour 0 minutes

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When you want something tasty and festive, but have little time to prepare, this quick sponge cake recipe will help you out.

How to make sponge dough for a cake

Only three products are needed to prepare the sponge cake: sugar, eggs, flour. And then you can try different ways to make the base so that the finished sponge cake turns out fluffy. A simple method involves whisking eggs with sugar until the consistency of thick sour cream, then gradually adding sifted flour. Regardless of the recipe chosen, this must be done several times to ensure that the biscuit dough turns out fluffy. In some recipes, flour is mixed with starch in certain proportions, which helps make the sponge cake more airy.

Classic recipe

It’s best to start getting acquainted with the peculiarities of preparing the most popular homemade baked goods with this recipe. The classic sponge cake will debunk the myth that preparing dough and baking a cake based on this recipe is a troublesome task. You can cope even if this is your first time trying to prepare a sweet treat for tea. Prepare the ingredients, and then boldly get down to business, following the recommendation with the photo: barely half an hour has passed before your finished sponge cake will decorate the table.

Ingredients:

5 eggs;
200 g sugar;
1 cup flour;
a pinch of salt.

Preparation:

Take the eggs, separate the whites, setting them aside. Combine the yolks with sugar and grind until smooth. Beat the whites with a mixer, adding a pinch of salt.
Sift the flour, combine with the yolks, mix. Next, carefully fold in the whipped whites.
Pour the dough into the prepared pan, set the container to bake for half an hour at a temperature of no more than 200 degrees.
Cut the finished cake lengthwise into two parts, spread with cream, connect the halves, and decorate the top to taste.

Honey

The tenderness of the honey sponge cake will conquer even those who have no particular weakness for baking. The pronounced taste of bee nectar adds piquancy; sour cream is ideal as an impregnation for honey sponge cake. To prevent the biscuit dough from settling during baking, experienced bakers advise not to separate the whites from the yolks, beating them together with honey.

Ingredients:

400 g flour;
2 eggs;
2 tbsp. spoons of honey;
150 g butter (butter);
150 g sour cream;
1 packet of vanilla sugar;
a pinch of salt.

Step-by-step cooking process:

Beat the eggs, add honey and use a whisk to mix the ingredients again.
Next add softened butter, sour cream, salt. Lastly, flour is gradually introduced, after which the dough is left for a quarter of an hour.
Bake at medium temperature, it takes no more than half an hour.

Chocolate

This version of sponge cake is a true treat for those with a sweet tooth. The main ingredient is chocolate, which, like other products, is best prepared in advance. The peculiarity of preparing dough for chocolate sponge cake is that the eggs do not need to be cooled; on the contrary, they should be at room temperature.

Required Products:

100 g flour;
190 g powdered sugar;
6 eggs;
80 g butter (butter);
30 g cocoa powder.

Cooking process:

Beat the eggs with a whisk with powdered sugar in a steam bath for about five minutes, then remove the bowl, continuing to mix the ingredients for about 10 minutes until a fluffy mass is obtained. Its volume should double.
Sift the flour, mix with cocoa, gradually add the mixture to the egg mass, about a third at a time, mixing thoroughly each time.
Before the last addition of flour and cocoa, pour in half the volume of melted butter. Stir, add the last part of the flour again, and pour in the remaining oil again. Knead the dough until smooth.
Preheat the pan, line it with parchment, spread the biscuit dough in an even layer, bake for about half an hour. Important point: do not open the oven during this entire time!
The readiness of the chocolate sponge cake is checked with a wooden stick, and before serving, the cakes are greased with cream.

A simple honey treat recipe

Ingredients:

eggs – 4 pieces;
honey - 3 tbsp. spoons;
flour – 1.5 cups;
butter - for greasing the baking sheet;
sugar – 1 glass.

Preparation:

Separate the whites and yolks.
Beat the whites with a mixer until foam forms.
Now take the sugar and add it one spoon at a time to the whites, without stopping the mixer. When you add all the sugar, the protein mixture will hold its shape perfectly.
Add the yolks to the whipped mixture. Bring this mass to a homogeneous consistency.
Melt the honey in a water bath and add it to the beaten eggs.
Sift all the flour. Add it to the dough in small portions. Now beat the dough at the minimum speed of the mixer.
Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and grease it with butter.
Pour out the dough.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the product in it for about 40 minutes.
After 30-35 minutes, take out the biscuit and check its readiness with a toothpick. If it is dry, everything is ready, if there are pieces of dough, the sponge cake needs to be finished baking.
The fluffy sponge cake can be removed from the oven and served after cooling.

Step-by-step recipes for making sponge cake

Beautiful cakes give true aesthetic pleasure. But before a culinary masterpiece decorates the holiday table, it must be prepared. Step-by-step recipes help you do this correctly, quickly and without much hassle. To ensure that the finished delicacy not only tastes attractive, but its appearance makes you want to try more, photos are included along with recommendations. By following each step step by step, you can learn how to bake a sponge cake worthy of the title of culinary masterpiece.

With cream cheese cream and peaches

The delicate taste of the cake prepared according to this recipe will be emphasized by the creamy curd cream. Impregnating the base with this type of cream will turn homemade cakes into the most desired treat on the holiday table. Peaches - canned or fresh - add a zesty fruity note while serving as a cake decoration, just like the frosting.

Required ingredients:

3 eggs;
120 g flour;
300 g sugar;
0.5 glasses of water;
1 teaspoon of rum;
300 g cottage cheese;
200 g cream;
100 g peaches.

Cooking process:

Beat the eggs and 100 g of sugar until the mass doubles, add the sifted flour. Bake the dough in the oven, which must be preheated, for about 20 minutes.
Prepare the syrup: mix water, one glass of sugar and a teaspoon of rum, boil, stirring constantly.
Take out the finished cake, cut it, pour the prepared sugar syrup over the halves, and let cool.
During this time, make the cream by beating the cottage cheese with cream and vanilla using a mixer until smooth.
Coat the biscuit cake halves to make the cake juicy, spread the cream on top. Decorate the pastries with peach slices and sprinkle with grated chocolate.

Soufflé with mascarpone and berries

When choosing this recipe for preparing a delicious homemade delicacy, keep in mind that it will have to be refrigerated for several hours. A sponge cake, a type of soufflé cake, is prepared in advance before the holiday feast, but this delicacy is worth the time to prepare it and wait before trying it. There is hardly a more airy cake, the tasty pieces of which melt in your mouth.

Ingredients:

120 g flour;
60 g starch;
3 eggs;
4 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
60 g cocoa;
250 g mascarpone;
150 g sugar;
100 ml cream;
5 g gelatin;
100-150 g of any berries (raspberries, cherries).

Cooking process:

Soak the gelatin so that it has time to swell before preparing the cream.
Break the chicken egg, separate the white from the yolk, grind the latter with half a glass of granulated sugar until the mass doubles. Then pour in the sifted flour and starch. Next, add the separately beaten whites.
Divide the resulting volume of dough into three parts and bake the cakes.
During this time, you need to prepare the cream. Pour 100 g of sugar and berries through a meat grinder into an enamel bowl, heating it all over low heat. Then add cream, stir the mixture until thickened. Add swollen gelatin to the cream.
Separately, mix the mascarpone with the remaining amount of sugar.
Alternately coat the finished cakes with berry cream and whipped mascarpone. Refrigerate to soak the cake.

With jelly layer and fruits

To make a cake with a jelly layer, you need to have experience in baking. This incredibly tasty dessert falls into the category of complex, but its taste is worth it to improve your culinary skills. The tenderness and airiness of the biscuit dough goes perfectly with the softness of the jelly; the dessert is especially relevant in the winter season.

Ingredients:

150 g flour;
4 eggs;
5 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
1 teaspoon baking powder;
2 packs of jelly;
3 tbsp. spoons of any jam (jam, marmalade);
fruit for decoration.

Cooking process:

Make the dough: beat eggs with sugar, add flour, vanillin, baking powder, bake cakes. It is advisable to spread the dough into the mold in a thin layer, so that the finished cakes do not have to be cut later.
Prepare the jelly, cool the resulting mass, pour it onto the cakes previously coated with jam. Combine them, make a decoration on top, sprinkling with coconut and laying out fruits (apples, strawberries, lemon, orange, kiwi).
Place the cake in the refrigerator, after 5 hours you can serve this delicate delicacy with fruit accents.

Chocolate cake with protein cream and banana filling

You won’t have to think anymore about preparing such a delicious dish for tea. One simple recipe combines several delicious ingredients at once, which individually make you want to eat the cake, but together they leave no chance for those with a sweet tooth. A baking classic - chocolate sponge cake - goes perfectly with airy protein cream and the delicious fruity taste of banana filling.

Ingredients;

100 g flour;
4 eggs;
50 g cocoa;
5 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
3 whites (chicken eggs);
0.5 cups of powdered sugar;
3 bananas;
2 tbsp. spoons of grated chocolate.

Preparation:

Knead the biscuit dough, beating the yolks with sugar separately, and the whites in another bowl. Add flour, cocoa, mix, bake the cakes.
During this time, make the cream by beating the whites with powdered sugar with a mixer to form an airy foam.
Coat the cooled cakes with protein cream, arrange the banana cut into slices, combine them, soaking the top with the remaining cream, and decorate the top with bananas and grated chocolate.

Delicious sponge cake for 4 eggs in the oven (boiling water)

Ingredients:

eggs – 4 pieces;
baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
sugar – 1 glass;
boiling water – 3 tbsp. spoons;
flour – 1 glass;
vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. spoons.

Preparation:

Set the oven to the required temperature – 180 degrees.
Mix flour with baking powder and sift this mixture through a sieve.
Beat the eggs together with sugar until white.
Add the sifted mixture of flour and baking powder to the eggs. Beat everything again.
Now add vegetable oil and three tablespoons of boiling water to the dough.
Pour the finished dough into a greased form.
Cover the pan with foil. Then our delicacy will bake evenly.
Bake the dessert for about 30-40 minutes.
After the specified time has passed, remove the biscuit and wait until it cools completely. Only after this can you cut it and treat it to your family.

Video recipes for making dessert at home

An experienced cook knows how to prepare delicious sponge cakes, observing proportions, temperature and some other nuances. But the popularity of the biscuit was ensured not only by its unique delicate taste: baking does not cause trouble even for those who have little culinary experience. How to make a delicious sponge cake at home? You can find out what products you need to buy, where it’s best to start and how to decorate the delicacy so that no one can resist the temptation to try it from the video below.