Sponge cake can rightly be called a popular type of baking. After all, it has a lot of advantages - literally 15 minutes of time is enough to prepare, and the result is a fragrant, soft dessert. It can be served unchanged, or turned into a multi-layer cake, cut into cakes and coated with any cream, jam, condensed milk. Between the cakes, you can add pieces of dried fruits, berries or candied fruits, crushed nuts or pieces of marshmallows, and pour glaze on top. A biscuit is truly an amazing type of baking with many variations of its further use, but the main thing is to know the biscuit recipe that always turns out.
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A classic biscuit that always comes out
Lush, tender, tall - this is how you can describe the biscuit that is obtained by this recipe. We recommend that you save it - from such a biscuit you get excellent cakes!
Components for the test:
- eggs - 6;
- flour -230 g;
- sugar - 180 g;
- baking powder - 2 tsp;
- vanilla or vanilla extract.
First you need to separate the proteins from the yolks. We carefully monitor that the yolk does not get into the protein mixture, otherwise it will not work out and the dough will not be so magnificent. Beat the whites with a pinch of salt manually or with an automatic whisk at medium speed.
When the proteins turn into foam, add half the sugar and continue to beat until the so-called stable peaks. When you turn the bowl over, the squirrels should remain in place.
Add the remaining half of sugar to the yolks and beat until enlightened and increased in volume.
Add the yolks to the yolks and mix with gentle, gentle movements from the bottom up.
Now you need to sift the flour with the baking powder. You need to add in portions - this will reduce the likelihood of lumps.The dough does not need to be kneaded for a long time so as not to damage its structure. As soon as all the ingredients are combined - enough. It turns out the average consistency of the dough - not liquid, but not thick.
Prepare a baking dish. If it is solid or detachable metal, spread with oily baking paper. An alternative is to grease all the walls with oil and cover them with flour.
We divide the dough into several portions and bake individual cakes in turn. You can bake a high biscuit at a time and cut it into separate cakes.
Bake at 180 degrees for approximately 35 minutes. Willingness to check with a baking stick or toothpick - stuck deep in the middle, it should come out completely dry.
On a note. Ready-made biscuit is not recommended to be removed immediately from the oven. Leave on for 10 minutes, slightly opening the door, and then remove from the mold and let cool on the wire rack.
Step-by-step recipe for magnificent baking
A lush and light biscuit is prepared according to the following recipe:
- 6 eggs;
- 300 g flour;
- 300 g of sugar;
- 10 table. tablespoons of boiling water;
- baking powder;
- vanillin.
First, we separate the yolks from the proteins. Put them in the refrigerator for now.
Beat the yolks with all the sugar. The mass should increase significantly and become white. With a mixer it takes 3-5 minutes. Then add a couple of tablespoons of table water - this is necessary in order to better dissolve the sugar.
Add baking powder and flour to the yolks. Mix in parts in the yolk mass. First with a spoon, then with a mixer.
Pour a small amount of sugar into the proteins and work through the mixer to a foamy state.
Add the protein mass to the main dough and gently combine it from the bottom up.
Put the dough in the mold and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
On a note. To make the biscuit slightly moist, wrap it in cling film and send it to the refrigerator for a couple of hours, or better at night.
On kefir
Dairy products quite strongly influence the taste, aroma and texture of baking. Kefir will not only give an appetizing smell to the pastry, but also make it very soft, airy and porous. Such a cake will absorb the impregnation well.
Components:
- kefir - 1 glass .;
- flour - 1 glass .;
- sugar - 1 cup .;
- soda - 1 tsp;
- egg - 1 unit.
Drive an egg into a bowl and fill it with sugar. Beat until a thick light mass is formed. Pour kefir and sift with flour. Whip again.
We attach the last soda, whisk for a couple of minutes.
Pour the dough into the prepared mold. The oven follows for half an hour at 180 degrees.
Chocolate sponge cake
Who doesn't like chocolate? That's right - everyone loves him, and chocolate biscuit is a godsend for the sweet tooth.
Chocolate biscuit, baked in the form of 24-26 centimeters, consists of the following products:
- 200 g of flour;
- 5 eggs;
- 250 g of sugar;
- 30 g of cocoa;
- 135 g grows. oils;
- ½ stack. water;
- ½ tsp soda and as much fine salt;
- 4 g of baking powder.
First you need to divide the sugar into two servings - 200 and 50 gr. Combine the first portion with water and cocoa powder in a small saucepan. Constantly stirring, bring to a boil - you get a homogeneous chocolate mass. Leave to cool slightly.
Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a separate bowl, be sure to sift.
Beat the eggs with the remaining sugar - the mass should double. Next, attach the chocolate mass and work through the mixer again.
Add the flour mixture to the bowl last. We mix it gently and fairly quickly with a spatula - there is a baking powder in the mixture, which immediately starts to act when it gets into the warm liquid dough. At the end, you can work out the dough with a mixer for a minute.
Pour the workpiece into a mold and bake for 45-50 minutes.
The biscuit turns out to be quite high, and it can be divided into 3-4 cakes.
On a note. We recommend that you coat the layers with butter cream, and on top decorate with dark chocolate icing with white chocolate smudges.
With honey
Light honey aroma will pleasantly change the usual biscuit. Such cake can be cut into squares and served as a pie.
For cooking you will need:
- flour - 1.5 cup .;
- honey - 2 tbsp. l .;
- eggs 6 units;
- sugar - 1 stack;
- baking powder - 1 tsp. (you can not add).
Add sugar and honey to the eggs, beat for at least 10 minutes - then the biscuit will turn out very lush.
Pour in any handfuls of any kind of flour (wheat is more familiar, several types can be mixed) and carefully shift from the bottom up with a spoon or a spatula made of silicone. When the mass becomes sufficiently homogeneous, pour into the form.
Bake at 170-180 degrees until cooked, that is, from 30 to 45 minutes. Check condition with a baking stick. It is advisable not to open the oven for 15-20 minutes at the end of baking, so that the baking begins to cool gradually and does not lose its splendor.
On a note. In many recipes, it is recommended to leave the biscuit for a while in a hot oven. This is an important stage, since baking can shrink due to a sharp temperature drop, it will become not so airy.
Chiffon Sponge Cake - A Step-by-Step Recipe
Chiffon biscuit got its name for a light texture that does not undergo spattering when sliced. It is served as an independent dessert, and used for cakes and pastries.
Components:
- flour - 230 g;
- sugar - 100 g;
- icing sugar - 120 g;
- egg yolks - 5 units;
- proteins - 8 units;
- starch - 30 g;
- baking powder - 3 tea l without a hill;
- fine-grained salt - 1 tsp. without a hill;
- water or fruit juice - 150 ml;
- refined vegetable oil - 65 ml;
- lemon juice - ½ tsp
Mix the products in one bowl - flour, starch, powder, baking powder, do not forget about salt. Be sure to sift three times.
Mix the yolks with oil and water. If desired, you can use juice - the biscuit will acquire a light fruity taste. Beat the mixture well for about ten minutes to make an egg lush mass, thick in consistency and light cream in color.
Beat the whites with sugar and lemon juice to very stable peaks, that is, stable foam - if you turn the bowl over, the foam will remain in place. The speed of the mixer should be gradually increased, sugar should also be introduced a little.
Introduce flour into the yolk mass and mix with a spatula in a motion from bottom to top, as if shifting layers. Then enter the proteins, mix gently with a spatula. By no means a mixer!
The dough is ready. Bake a biscuit at 170 degrees for forty minutes.
4 egg recipe
A simple biscuit from only four products should be known to every housewife:
- a glass of flour sifted twice;
- a glass of sugar;
- 4 eggs;
- a bag of vanilla.
Combine the eggs with sugar and a bag of vanilla until the mass increases by a factor of 2-3, that is, at least 5 minutes continuously.
In small portions we introduce the flour and gently combine with a spoon until a homogeneous structure.
The dough is ready to bake. You need to bake it the same way as in the previous recipes - about half an hour at 180 degrees.
On a note. If a bump has formed on the biscuit on top, put a cutting board, lightly press and leave for a while - the surface will level out.
A simple way to bake in a multicooker
A simple biscuit that requires very little time from a minimum of ingredients can be prepared in a slow cooker.
- eggs - 7 units;
- sugar - 12-14 table. l .;
- flour in equal amounts with sugar;
- oil.
We combine the eggs with all the sugar. Work with a mixer until the volume of the mixture increases by 2-3 times. Next, sift the flour and gently knead in small volumes with a spoon or a silicone spatula from the bottom up, so as not to significantly damage the splendor of the dough, but at the same time, the mass turned out to be quite uniform, without lumps. Soda in this case is not needed, as well as other types of products that contribute to the splendor of cake.
Lubricate the bowl with a thin layer of butter, spread the dough and close the lid. In various brands, whether it is Polaris or Redmond, there is a program "Multipovar", and we choose it. We set the temperature to 125 degrees. The “Baking” mode is also suitable. Baking time - 1 hour.
Check the readiness with a wooden stick, leave with an open lid to cool slightly and remove using a steam container.
The biscuit turns out to be quite high, with a porous structure, fragrant.
What to do if the biscuit does not work?
If for some reason the biscuit did not come out the way you wanted to see it - do not despair, you can still make a dessert! The most popular problem - baking did not fit and turned out to be very dense. This problem can be easily fixed.
Prepare the following cream:
- cottage cheese - 200-300 g;
- sour cream 20% - 400 g;
- sugar - 4-5 tablespoons;
- soaked gelatin in ½ stack. warm water.
All ingredients except gelatin, simply mix until smooth. You can beat with a blender to make the texture more uniform and silky. Pour gelatin last and mix again quickly.
Cut the cake into small pieces, put in a silicone or detachable form in layers, alternating with a small amount of cream. If desired, add banana slices, nuts or candied fruit. When everything is laid out in a form, carefully level with a spoon. Cover with foil and send to the refrigerator for several hours to freeze the cake.
Sprinkle with grated chocolate and crushed nuts before serving.
