Beaumont School Food Technology Department
Recipe title: Sponge Cake
Ingredients
3 Eggs (size medium)
150g Self Raising Flour
150g Sugar
150g Soft Margarine or Butter
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 160oc.
2. You will be shown how to prepare your cake mix by either the creaming method or the all-in-one method, depending on the speed of your group!
Creaming Method: Cream the margarine and sugar in a mixing bowl; in a separate container (e.g. a jug) crack the eggs and briefly mix the yolk with the white; beat the egg into the mixture a little at a time; sieve the flour over the egg, sugar and margarine mix. Fold in the flour.
All-in-one method: Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar, flour, margarine and 1 level teaspoon of baking powder. Use an electric whisk to beat all of the ingredients until smooth.
3. Prepare your pattie tin, muffin tin or sandwich tins as you are shown.
4. Carefully place equal amounts of the cake mix into cake cases or tins, scraping as much mixture out of the tins as you can.
5. Bake for the appropriate length of time, before checking to see if the cakes are cooked. You may check to see that the cakes have cooked after the specified time below using a cocktail stick and by checking the colour and texture of the cakes.
Fairy cakes 12 minutes (approx)
Muffins 15-18 minutes (approx)
Victoria sandwich cake 20-25 mins (approx)
Skills checklist:
Preparing a cake using the creaming or all-in-one method
Using the electric whisk
Preparing a cake mix
Baking, cooling and freezing food
