THE MANOR... WEDNESDAY SPONGE CAKE CHALLENGE

THE MANOR .....WEDNESDAY SPONGE CAKE CHALLENGE . Yesterday I met up with collegues and friends Maureen and Rachael in the pizza HQ cafe Churchill for coffee ...we discussed the MANY ways to mix ingredients when preparing a cake. So here is my recipe ...A sponge cake with a challenge !! Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Lightly grease and flour two 20cm round cake pans . Warm 2 tbs of water in a small saucepan with 3/4 cup of castor sugar . Beat 4 egg whites in a bowl until stiff, in a separate bowl mix the egg yolks together,set aside . Add the sugar mixture and beat well . Now add the egg yolk mixture a little at a time and beat until the mixture is thick . In another bowl mix together 1 and 1/2 cups of cornflour , 1 dsp of plain flour and 1 tsp of baking flour . Stir the combined dry ingredients into the wet mixture , finally adding 1 tsp of vanilla extract . Pour and divide even amounts of the batter between the 2 greased pans . Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes . Now here is the challenge ....... Take the sponge pans straight from the oven and still in the pan ,DROP EACH PAN (top side up) ON THE FLOOR TO REMOVE EXCESS AIR . I dropped the pans separately from knee high ... I dare you .... think about the ingredients you just mixed and cooked togther ...!!! Let the sponge layers cool in the pans for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely . Spread a layer of jam of your choice over the base sponge layer and top with thick whipped cream . Top with remaining sponge layer and dress with a fine sprinkle of icing sugar .