Nonna Gloria's Sponge Cake

Baking - sweet Baking - sweet

Preparation time

0min

Total time

0min

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10 person(s)

Level

TM 6
TM 5
TM 31

by nadiaturner@y7mail.com

published: 2018/10/24

changed: 2020/05/19

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Ingredients

Nonna Gloria's Sponge Cake

4 eggs, room temperature
140 grams icing sugar
150 grams cornflour (starch), Fielder's or wheaten cornflour works best
1 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 pinches salt
120 grams Butter, unsalted

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PREPARATION

1. Take eggs out of fridge for approx 1/2 hour before making cake.
2. Weigh icing sugar into bowl
3. weigh flour, cream of tartar and bicarb soda into a bowl
4. Grease cake tin (round 25-30cm) with butter and line with baking paper.
5. Weigh butter into small frying pan or small saucepan.
6. Preheat oven to 160 degrees fanforced.

METHOD

1. Place flour mixture into mixing bowl and sift, 10 sec, sp5. Return mixture to previous bowl. set aside.
2. Clean and dry mixing bowl. quick vinegar wash recommended.
3. Add 4 eggs to mixing bowl and a pinch of salt. Add butterfly. Mix 10 min, 37 degrees, sp 4.
4. At 8 mins, slowly add sugar through mixing bowl lid, 1 table spoon at a time.
5. While egg mixture is beating, slowly melt butter in saucepan/frying pan. It is important not to burn the butter and to keep it warm so watch this carefully.
6. After 10 mins, once eggs are well beaten, the mixture should be thick, glossy and pale in colour. Remove butterfly.
7. Add flour mixture and mix 5 sec, sp 3.
8. Then add warm melted butter and mix 3 sec, sp 3. Be careful not to over beat. If it looks like butter is not fully mixed through, just use a spatula and slowly fold/mix in the mixing bowl. Then pour mixture into prepared cake tin.
9. Cook for 25-30 mins. It should come away from sides of tin when it is ready.
10. Tip cake while hot onto a cooling rack that has been lined with absorbent paper.
11. Once cooled, add strawberry jam or canned apple and top with cream.

Tip

I use Fielder's Cornflour that can only be found at IGA stores for best results. But any cornflour can be used it will just alter the taste.

Thermomix Model

Recipe is created for
TM 6

For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl.
Recipe is created for
TM 5

If you are using a Thermomix® TM6 measuring cup with your Thermomix® TM5:
For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl.

Please note that the TM5 mixing bowl has a larger capacity than the TM31 (capacity of 2.2 liters instead of 2.0 liters for TM 31). Recipes for the Thermomix TM5 may not be cooked with a Thermomix TM31 for safety reasons without adjusting the quantities. Risk of scalding by spraying of hot liquids: Do not exceed the maximum filling quantity and observe the filling level markings of the mixing bowl!
Recipe is created for
TM 31

This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
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Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.