Victorian Sponge Cake

Name: Victorian Sponge Cake
Yield: 1kg
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 300 g self raising flour; 200 g sugar; 300 g margarine; 6 eggs; 2 tsp flavor

Masinde Sally @sallieSalome

My kids love cake... Buying ready cakes aint an option coz the can be costly and sometimes i have to buy in large quantities since they just can't have enough. I decided, Home made it is. Fresh, and fairly cheaper. Also fun to do coz I involve the kids in preparation.

Masinde Sally @sallieSalome

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Ingredients

1kg

300 gself raising flour
200 gsugar
300 gmargarine
6eggs
2 tspflavor

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 180°C
2

Prepare your baking tin by lightly greasing and then measure all your ingredients
3

Sieve flour
4

In a bowl of stand mixee (or in a karge bowl using an electric mixer), cream together the margarine and sugar untill creamy and well combined
5

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the essence
6

Using a spatula or whisk and gently hand mixing, fold in the flour little by little until just combined after each addition. The batter shiuld be smooth but avoid over mixing.
7

Put your batter into the prepared tin and bake on 180°c for 35-45 mins
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When cake is done, the surface should spring bach to the touch. Alliw to cool in cake pan for 5-10 mins before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely