“Basic Vanilla Cake, also known as Easy Vanilla Cake, is a moist and fluffy tea cake that’s perfect for all seasons. This beautiful and simple cake is loved by everyone and makes an ideal tea time treat, perfect for picnics or as a gift for any occasion.”
This is the basic sponge where you can play with the flavours of your choice according to your Palate. Here I have added vanilla flavour and made it a simple Tea time Cake.
I’m not a big fan of frosting a cake but occasionally frost with Butter cream, whipped cream and Chocolate ganache. If I do frost , I fill the layers with Italian Butter cream ,Jams, fresh fruits or fruit compote.
Here I have doubled the recipe,Beginners give a try by half the measurements and reduce the time. I Baked in Microwave CONVECTION OVEN and it took almost 50 minutes to bake. Lets see the step by step preparation of the recipe, Guys do try and let me know your feedback in comments. Over to the recipe!
How to make vanilla sponge cake step by step preparation
Get ready with all ingredients measured and at room temperature. Preheat Microwave convection oven to 170°C.
Sieve All purpose flour and Baking powder together thrice and keep it aside. Beat eggs very light and frothy in an electric hand mixer.
In a dry bowl cream butter and powdered sugar with Vanilla extract in an Electric hand mixer.
To the creamed butter sugar mixture add beaten egg mixture to it and mix in a ballon whisk.
Now add sieved All purpose flour and baking powder to the wet mixture in three parts by adding milk little at a time and fold the mixture gently until the batter attains dropping consistency.
Grease a 7 ″ round pan and dust all purpose flour twice and remove excess flour and line the base with parchment paper . Transfer cake batter to the pan and tap all around the sides to even the batter.
Bake on 170 °C for 45 to 50 minutes or until skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean .
Once the cake is done, place it on a cooling rack for 15 minutes and unmold cake from pan and remove parchment paper.
Cut the cake into half and slice as per your wish. I usually prefer slices to have with a cup of Tea or Coffee.
Hope you like the recipe! If so, please try it out, leave your comments and feedback ,which means a lot to me . Thank you so much for stopping by the site!
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Eggless Butterless Chocolate Cake
Panforte/Italian Christmas Fruit and Nut Cake
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Notes
All ingredients are to be measured accurately using a Digital weighing scale.
Ingredients are to be in room temperature before starting the procedure.
Do not open the oven door during the first 20 minutes ,the temperature falls suddenly and cake will not rise properly and may collapse in the centre.
Every oven behaves differently so adjust the temperature accordingly.
Recipe Card👇
Basic Vanilla Cake/ Easy Vanilla Cake
Ingredients
- 1.8 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.1 cups sugar
- 1 cup Butter
- 4 egg
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 4 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- Get ready with all ingredients measured and at room temperature. Preheat Microwave convection oven to 170°C.
- Sieve All purpose flour and Baking powder together thrice and keep it aside. Beat eggs very light and frothy in an electric hand mixer.
- In a dry bowl cream butter and powdered sugar with Vanilla extract in an Electric hand mixer.
- To the creamed butter sugar mixture add beaten egg mixture to it and mix in a ballon whisk.
- Now add sieved All purpose flour and baking powder to the wet mixture in three parts by adding milk little at a time and fold the mixture gently until the batter attains dropping consistency.
- Grease a 7 ″ round pan and dust all purpose flour twice and remove excess flour and line the base with parchment paper . Transfer cake batter to the pan and tap all around the sides to even the batter.
- Grease a 7 ″ round pan and dust all purpose flour twice and remove excess flour and line the base with parchment paper . Transfer cake batter to the pan and tap all around the sides to even the batter.
- Once the cake is done, place it on a cooling rack for 15 minutes and unmold cake from pan and remove parchment paper.
- With the help of a slicing knife cut into half and slice as per your wish. I usually prefer slices to have with a cup of Tea or Coffee.
Notes
Nutrition
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Smita pajwani
I want eggless sponge cake recipe and if possible how to make butter cream recipe
JAYANTHY
Hi Smita,
I will be posting Eggless version too with Butter cream frosting recipe????
Meenakshi khaturia
Yummmm cake VL surely try it
JAYANTHY
Hi Meenakshi,
Thank you!Do try and let me know the feedback.
Shilu
Thank you for sharing the recipe.the cake looks so yummy and delicious.i would definitely like to try it. Could you please tell me how to set the oven for baking any cake.? Do i need to keep both the lower and top rod hot? Thank you.
JAYANTHY
Hi Shilu,
Thank you so much!For baking ,heat needs to come from the bottom and not the top. Hope your query is answered!Happy Baking????
Lubna
Yummilicious cake????????????????!!
Enjoyed it!!!
JAYANTHY
Hi Lubna,
Thnak you!Do try and let me know the feedback.
Sia
Looks scrumptious ????
Could you please share measurements standard cup size? New to baking and have only measurement cups at hand. Thank you ????
JAYANTHY
Hi Sai,
Approximately 1 cup flour is 120 gm to 122 gm. while measuring flour use a knife to level the flour.
1 cup butter is 225 gm and sugar will be 199 gm to 200 gm. All the best and do share your feedback after baking????
Leander Fernandes
Awesome
JAYANTHY
Thank you so much!
Rachel
It looks good but I will trying
JAYANTHY
Hi Rachel,
Thank you ! Do try and let me know the feedback????.
Joseph
Nice, will surely try
JAYANTHY
Hi Joseph,
Thank you! Do try and drop in your feedback in comments.
Ruby goel
Can I add curd instead of eggs and can I add Atta instead of all purpose flour
JAYANTHY
Hi Ruby goel,
Yes ! you can add curd for eggs and Atta for APF, but the measurement will vary .I will be sharing Eggless Cake recipe soon.
Pratheeba
Hi Ma’am, thank you for this recipe. Can this sponge be used as a base to make a butterscotch cake?
JAYANTHY
Yes, you can! do try and let me know the feedback!
Jamshinissam
If iam using oil instead of butter . Can u tell me the measurement of oil.
JAYANTHY
Hi Jamshinissam,
As per the recipe it is 230 gm butter, if it is oil reduce to 160 to 170 ml..if you feel the cake batter is thick try to add 5 to 10 ml.I have already posted an Eggless Butterless cake recipe…you can try if you want https://platetopalateblog.com/?p=1328…
Happy Baking!
Famida
Can we use salted butter???
Is it possible to share oil based sponge cake recipe as well
JAYANTHY
Hi Famida,
You can use salted butter if unsalted butter isn’t available,but check the sweetness of the cake batter and if needed increase 5 to 10 gm of powdered sugar.I have already shared an Eggless Butterless cake recipe in the blog https://platetopalateblog.com/?p=1328 click the link for the recipe.
Happy Baking!
Anellyn
Hi, i want to try buy what kind of milk is it? Thanks
JAYANTHY
Hi Anellyn,
I have used full fat milk. You can use half and half too.Happy Baking????
Mary
In otg what temperature should we keep and for how long
JAYANTHY
Hi Mary,
Bake at 170 C for 40 minutes and check by inserting a skewer if cake is done. If it is wet inside ,do bake for 5 to 10 more minutes until it is well baked. Every oven is different so,keep an eye after 35 minutes. Happy baking????.
SHARON CROSS
can you bake it in a oven
JAYANTHY
Yes,you can bake it!
Sneha
How to set up temperature
JAYANTHY
Every oven is different! So to start with, follow your oven manual guide. Happy Baking!
Mona
Hi Jayanthy, I recently tried your recipe and it was a hit with my family. I doubled the recipe and your metric measurements made it so easy to weigh out the ingredients. The cake turned out to be so light and fluffy. Thank you for sharing this delicious cake with us!
JAYANTHY
Hi Mona,
Glad you tried and liked the recipe! Take time to rate the recipe too????
Pooja
Simple to make with good flavours. Added blueberries to it and baked it in air fryer. Turned out moist and soft. Thanks for the recipe.
JAYANTHY
Thanks for trying out the recipe! Glad you liked it and for the lovely feedback. Do take time to rate the recipe which means a lot to me!
Linda Nicholas
Powdered sugar???? As in icing sugar????
JAYANTHY
Powdered sugar is nothing but granulated sugar blended in an electric blender. Icing sugar is used for frosting the cake.
akande Funmi
Pls I don’t understand what you meant by 1.8 cups can you pls explain more better.thanks for sharing
JAYANTHY
There are two measurement table. One is US customary and metric tab. Click the metric tab for the gram measurements.
Shanta
A beautiful sponge cake
JAYANTHY
Thank you so much for your lovely feedback!
Shanta Rambiritch
A beautiful sponge cake recipe
JAYANTHY
Thank you for your lovely feedback!
Rainer
Would this recipe be enough for a 21b loaf tin thanks
JAYANTHY
I think you can bake. Let me give you the loaf pan in inches, which I’m used of….(8*4-inch size) would be perfect.