Traditionally basic sponge cake is made with eggs sugar and flour. Sponge cakes are usually made without fat, and the eggs and sugar are whisked together. Chocolate cake is most liked dessert recipes worldwide, from adult to kids everyone fall for it. There are hundred of recipes of chocolate cake, but this basic of chocolate cake recipe is very simple and easy to make.
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C and 350 degrees F
Lightly grease round cake pan with butter or oil .Line base with parchment paper.
Gather your ingredients and measure them before starting. Shift or combine together flour coco powder baking powder and salt into a large bowl .
In another bowl whisk the eggs and sugar until foamy and pale yellow continue whipping for about 10 to 15 minutes (it depends on your mixing machine). When you lift the Wisk from the mixture the ribbon should not disappear. (to test that if it remains sitting on top that mean its ready) Don’t , over mix.
Now shift the flour gently fold half the flour into the mixture. Well it is well combined; fold in the other half of the flour along with the coco powder baking powder, or salt, stir in the vanilla extract.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
place the cake mold in the center of the middle rack ,and bake it for about 35 to 40 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the middle come out clean. Don't open the oven for the first 20 minutes.
once the cake is bake turn of the oven ,but leave the chocolate sponge cake inside for ate least 10 minutes, after 10 minutes remove cake pan from oven aging let it cool down completely before using it.
Now sponge cake is ready .you can also use any topping like pure chilled melted chocolate on the top of the cake before cutting garnish some cherries ,sprinkles dust icing sugar also .
1. You can use any other essence if you don't like vanilla flavor . 2. Don't rest the better once you make it . 3. Fold the cake better with the help of wooden spoon or spatula instead of the hand mixture. 4. Keep all the ingredients in room temperature. 5. Make sure bake the cake in to the middle of the oven.
