Sponge Cake

Submitted by love4culinary

"This is an adopted recipe... I have not made it, so make at your own risk until I know for sure what the results will be like! lol :)"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 cup cake flour or 1 cup pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup coconut milk

directions

1. Line the bottom of a 10" cake pan with parchment paper.
2. Prepare a wok for steaming by putting a bit of water and a rack in the inside, and bring to a boil.
3. Place the flour in a medium bowl.
4. Sift the baking powder and salt into the fluor and set aside.
5. In a separate bowl, add the sugar to the eggs and beat until they are frothy (about 3 minutes).
6. Stir in the almond extract.
7. Gradually add the flour mix to the egg mixture, stirring.
8. Add the coconut milk.
9. Stir until you have a smooth batter that is thoroughly mixed, but do not beat.
10. Pour the batter into the pan (ideally it should only come 2/3 to 3/4 up the side of the pan).
11. Add additional water to wok if water has reduced, and allow it to boil, and then reduce heat a bit.
12. Place cake pan on the rack or however you have rigged it, and cover.
13. Steam for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
14. Cool and remove from the pan, turning the cake over.
15. Cut the cake into squares or diamond shapes.

Reviews

[machineangel]

I rigged the top of my rice cooker to steam this. I made a few substitutions, as well - instead of cake flour, 3/4 cup all purpose flour + 2 Tbs cornstarch, 4 egg whites instead of eggs, 1 cup of sugar substitute, 1 tsp vanilla extract instead of almond, and 1/2 cup coconut milk. I also sprinkled shredded coconut on top. This didn't rise as much as I expected it to, but then, it probably had more liquid than it was supposed to, and I've never made sponge cake before. I also had to steam it for about 40 minutes rather than 30, but also probably because of the extra liquid. Came out very tasty, even if it didn't look like I thought it would. I'll try making this again sometime following the recipe.

 

[Redneck Epicurean]

I prepared this for our Tag game. These 5 stars are for the batter of this cake. I have to admit, since it is an adoptee and never made by the chef, this was an experiment for me. I couldn't get the steamer/wok thing to work for me so I baked it. WRONG! It maybe should've been baked like a custard (I thought of that the first time I checked it while it baked.) Next time, I'm going to put it in my custard cups and bake it like custard in a pan of hot water and see if that works. Either that, or I'll just half the recipe and eat the batter! The almond and coconut milk flavors were deeeelish!