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Ingredients
| self-rising flour: 12 oz |
| granulated sugar: 8 oz |
| 2% milk: 4 fl oz (boiling) |
| eggs: 4 (yolks) |
| eggs: 4 (whites) |
| salted butter: 1 tsp |
| baking powder: 1 tsp |
Low Fat Plain Sponge
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
10 min -
Cook Time
50 min -
Servings
8 serving(s)
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- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees (gas mark 4).
- Grease a standard size cake tin with butter/oil.
- Whisk egg whites until at the soft peak stage.
- Mix flour and baking powder well.
- Beat egg yolks well and add the sugar to them, beating well.
- Add the egg yolk and sugar mixture to the flour, mixing well.
- Melt the butter in the boiling hot milk and add this to the flour mixture.
- Gently fold in the egg whites, ensuring mixed fully.
- Transfer the mixture to the cake tin and bake for about 50-55 minutes at 350 degrees (gas mark 4).
- Remove from the oven and stand the cake in its tin for five minutes, before taking the cake out of its tin and cooling on a wire rack.