Basic Sponge Cake With Egg

Basic Sponge Cake with Egg

Ingridents

4 large eggs

100 gms (1cup) maida (plain flour)

120 gms (1cup) powdered sugar

1 tsp level baking powder

3/2 tsp vanilla essence

3/2 tsp hot boiling water

1. Separate white and yellow of eggs.
2. Beat egg whites till stiff.
3. Add sugar gradually (2 tsp at a time) and keep beating till all the sugar is used.
4. Add yolks. Mix well. Add essence.
5. Add boiling water, half tsp at a time and beat more. Beat till the mixture of eggs and sugar is thick and frothy and is three times in volume. 
6. Sift maida with baking powder.
7. Fold in maida gently, using a spoon ( not a beater) adding half of it at a time.
8. Put in a greased and dusted tin 8-9" diameter and bake for 30-35 minutes in a preheated oven at 180°C.