Foolproof Fluffy Genoise Sponge Cake. Great recipe for Foolproof Fluffy Genoise Sponge Cake. I baked this sponge cake for Christmas, so I uploaded the recipe. When you insert a skewer and it comes out with uncooked dough, bake longer while keeping an eye on the cake.
I had a long history of messing up sponge cakes. Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge cake recipe is a baking classic and a tasty tea-time treat. A Genoise is a light sponge cake that makes a perfect base for many desserts. You can cook Foolproof Fluffy Genoise Sponge Cake using 6 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Foolproof Fluffy Genoise Sponge Cake
- You need 15 grams of Butter.
- You need 10 ml of Milk (bring to room temperature).
- Prepare 3 of Eggs (bring to room temperature).
- Prepare 90 grams of Sugar.
- Prepare 1 dash of Vanilla extract.
- Prepare 90 grams of Cake flour.
A Genoise recipe can be a challenge to master but with my detailed explanation, you will be making these in plenty. It's light in texture and flavor which makes it perfect with fresh fruits and whipped cream. The Perfect sponge cake should be light, fluffy, moist, tall, soft on the edges and of course beautiful. Easy with the right recipe, painfully frustrating with all of the rest.
Foolproof Fluffy Genoise Sponge Cake step by step
- Coat the cake mold with vegetable oil or butter (not listed). Cut parchment paper to fit inside the mold and line on the bottom and side wall..
- Break the eggs into a bowl and whip with a whisk until soft peaks form..
- Add the sugar and whip further until the mixture is thick enough to form ribbons when the whisk is lifted. Then add the vanilla extract..
- Combine the ingredients in a heat resistant bowl and melt in the microwave. For an 18 cm mold: 600W 40~50 seconds, for a 15 cm mold: 30~40 seconds..
- Preheat the oven to 170℃ (338 F). Sift the cake flour into the batter and fold gently with a spatula..
- Add the mixture from Step 4 and mix quickly..
- Pour in the batter from Step 6 from high up into the mold and tap it on the counter several times to remove air bubbles. Pour in the last bit of the batter to the edge..
- When the oven has reached the right temperature, bake for 35 minutes. For the 15 cm mold, bake for 30 minutes. When it's baked, drop the cake from a height of 30 cm to prevent it from shrinking..
- Line a piece of parchment paper on the counter and place the cake upside down for 2~3 minutes to flatten the surface..
- Remove the side wall, flip over the cake with the bottom mold onto your right hand, and place it gently on a cake rack to remove the bottom..
- Peel off the parchment paper, and wrap the cake with the cake rack in a plastic bag and leave it to cool completely..
- When it's cooled completely, slice it depending on what you are making..
- When you whip the eggs, it's quicker if you do it in a bain marie..
- Further more, after you whipped the eggs, beat them on low speed for 1~2 minutes to get a finer texture..
- It's easier to mix the dry ingredients if you add in 2~3 batches..
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After testing many, many sponge cake recipes my kids got tired of taking sponge cake in their lunch boxes to school. So I gave them a break for a while. Genoise sponge is best moistened with liquid as it is naturally dry due due to the lack of fat in the recipe. You can put any liquid you want. I would usually put a mixture of something sweet, like sugar, honey or even fresh fruit juice, and then sometimes add some liqueur to add an interesting kick to the sponge.
