gâteau éponge

                                                 mouth watering

For years I have been trying to make the perfect home-made sponge cake that is simple, yet still tastes great. Sadly every recipe I have tried, falls short of my expectations, but recently I found this amazing recipe from my moms cook book, way back from when she took cooking classes. This sponge cake is one of the best that I have ever tasted. Its quick and easy to make and mouth watering. You can always add other flavours to make it a delicious bannana, carrot or just a plain vanilla cake. It is perfect for every occassion!

                        

Sponge Cake

- 4 eggs
-3/4 cups castor sugar
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 1 Tbsp cornflour
- 2 tsp butter,softened
- 1/3 cup (80ml) hot water
-fruits (2 mashed banana,or 5 pureed carrot) this is optional

Filling

200ml cream
2 tTbsp castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
fruit of choice -optional

Method

1. pre-heat oven to 180c
2. grease two round cake pans
3. beat eggs in a bowl with electric beater for about 10 min or until thick and creamy then gradually add the sugar beating it till it dissolves
4. tripple sift self-raising flour and cornflour together and add it to the egg mixture
5. combine the butter and water ,and add to your mixture
6. if you want to put fruits mix them in now and they are better purred and mix well(optional)
7. pour mixtures glently into the pans and bake for 25 to 40 min
8. when ready turn out the sponge cakes to cool on wire racks
9. whip the cream, sugar and vanilla essence together till thick and looks like whipped cream
10. now decorate your cake and enjoy

•  ps: you can also make these cup cakes