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Tasty Sponge Cake Recipe / Homemade Vanilla Cake / Easy Vanilla Cake Recipe from Scratch / Butter Sponge Cake 

I have posted many cakes in my blog all of which are very healthy. All of them were a huge hit especially with my kids. This is my first sinful cake prepared with plain flour ( Maida Or all-purpose flour ) and full of butter. I felt so guilty while preparing this tasty sponge cake but it has been made for the special occasion of Christmas. I wish all my readers a very merry X-Mas and a very happy new year.

This egg sponge cake is a quick and easy vanilla cake. This cake can be prepared in a jiffy without much ingredients. This easy homemade cake is made with butter, icing sugar, eggs and plain flour. I have used icing sugar instead of normal sugar giving it an extra punch. The homemade butter that I used in this preparation gave it a delicious taste which my kids loved a lot. They had 2 big pieces in a shot leaving very small pieces for me and my in laws.

The texture of this homemade vanilla cake was so soft and spongy. There is no requirement for any icing for this cake. It can be had as such unless you are preparing it for birthdays. This is just like any other store bought cake prepared with homemade ingredients. This is the easiest vanilla cake recipe that has been made from scratch. The icing sugar was also homemade. I have prepared icing sugar all by myself in my mixer jar. I will be posting that recipe so soon, but just for my readers, I am giving out the details. Take 100g of sugar and 15g of corn flour. Grind in a mixer and your icing sugar is ready to be used for frosting or for cakes. You can also use store bought icing sugar.

You can also view my other healthy cake recipes :

Healthy Vegan Chocolate Cake

Carrot cake recipe with finger millet flour

Ginger bread recipe with wheat flour

Pumpkin bread with wheat flour

Banana Choco cake with wheat flour

Preparation

Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda and keep aside. Take butter at room temperature. Whisk using a normal whisk or an electric hand blender. I have taken the help of the latter. Sometimes the butter tends to curdle. But do not panic. It is all ok and proceed with the remaining process of preparing the cake.

Add the icing sugar and beat again.

Whisk until it becomes creamy. Add the eggs and beat once again until it gets well mixed.

It took almost 15 minutes for me to beat using the hand blender. Add vanilla essence and gently mix in the batter.

Now gradually add the flour and mix with a ladle in one direction until the flour is mixed well with the butter batter.

Mix until all the flour is used up. The resulting batter will be thick. Pour into a greased tin and tap well so that the air bubbles if any will be released and will fluff up evenly. You can garnish the cake with any dry fruits of your choice.

Bake at 180 degrees Centigrade for 30 minutes or until a knife or toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. After baking, switch off the oven and leave the cake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. After removing the cake out of the oven, allow it to cool completely before  taking it out of the cake pan. Once completely cool, invert the cake pan and gently tap on the base. Cut into pieces and serve with or without frosting.

Ingredients

Maida  1 cup

Butter  1 cup

Icing Sugar  1 cup

Vanilla essence  1/2 tsp.

Eggs 2

Baking powder 1/2 tsp.

Baking soda 1 /2 tsp.

Ghee to grease the cake pan

Method

1. Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda and keep aside. 
2. Take butter at room temperature and beast well with a whisk. 
3. Add icing sugar and whisk with an electric hand blender or with a whisk manually until the batter becomes creamy. 
4. Add vanilla essence and mix once. 
5. Now add flour gradually and mix in a single direction with a ladle until all the flour is used up.
6. Pour in a greased cake pan and tap well on the platform. 
7. Bake at 180 degrees Centigrade for 20 - 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. 

Notes

• Always grease the cake pan with ghee and dust with flour. Dusting with flour helps in removing the cake easily after baking. You can also use the butter paper. 
• Bake a cake at 180 degrees Centigrade and keep an eye after 20 minutes. Any cake tends to bake fast depending on the size of the cake pan and the position where you place the cake in the oven ( middle, lower or higher ). 
• If you feel that the cake is burning on the top but is not done in the centre, then cover the cake with an aluminium foil.
• You can decorate the cake with any dry fruits ( cashews, dates, cherries, etc., ).

I once again wish all my readers a merry X-Mas and a very happy new year.