Basic sponge cake without butter

When i prepared this for first time, it came out really good and then on i prefer making this cake, because it is butter less and tastes excellent.

This is one of the basic cakes..... I used vanilla extract to get nice vanilla flavoured cake, you can use different one if you wish.....

This cake is really light, delicious and yummy......

Preparation time : 40 mins
Serves : 6 / makes 20 pieces approx.,

Ingredients :

All purpose flour / Maida : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 cup
Eggs : 6
Baking powder : 1/2 tsp
Vanilla extract : 1 tsp
Salt : 1/4 tsp
Butter : 2 tbsp (Completely optional)

Method :

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius or 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Separate egg whites and egg yolks.

Beat the egg whites using normal whisk (or) beat them with electric whisk (or even) beat them with mixer grinder till the whites turn fluffy and stand.
(If you are whisking by hand it will take 20 mins, but if you are using electric whisk it will take only 5 mins)
Keep this aside.

Whisk egg yolks, till they lightly change in pale yellow colour. Add sugar, 2 tbsp of butter i.e. optional, and vanilla essence, whisk it once again.
Keep this aside.

Take a sieve add flour, baking powder and salt to it, sieve it into a bowl.
Now take the egg yolk / egg yellow mixture and fold it into the egg white mixture slowly.
(Do not mix it, just do cut and fold method; if you mix it at this stage all the bubbles and all the fluffiness from the egg whites will go off and you will not get a cake that is soft and porous )

Once you did that, add in the flour in batches, even now you should use cut and fold method.
Once it it done, keep it aside.

Take a baking tray, lightly grease it with butter, sprinkle some flour.

Tap it up side down to take out any excess flour.

Pour the cake mixture into this.
Tap it once.

Put it in the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 25 mins or till when you insert a tooth pick or knife it should come out clean.

Take it out from the oven, when done.
Let it cool down completely.

Separate it out from the baking tray.

Cut it into pieces.
If you want you can sprinkle little powdered sugar / icing sugar on top.

Serve it and enjoy the delicious cake :)
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