Featherlight Sponge Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

This is a very light sponge recipe, it is not the normal one I make as I have misplaced the very old recipe but this was another one given to me many years ago.

Ingredients (serves 16 | makes 2 cakes)

4 eggs
pinch of salt
3/4 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup custard powder
1/2 teaspoon Of bicarb soda
1 teaspoon of tartar

Method

Separate eggs, beat whites with salt until soft peaks form.
Gradually add sugar, beat until dissolved , add egg yolks, beat for 1 minute.
fold in sifted dry ingredients. Pour into 2 deep cake tins ( don't forget to grease tins You can half the ingredients if you don't want a thick sponge cake when joining or you can make 2 sponges and slice down the middle to get 2 cakes. Picture is one cake.
Bake in a moderate a moderate oven 20-25min When cool slice and add whipped cream and custard in the centre or whipped cream and jelly. Sprinkle with icing sugar.
I cooked this one in the Airfryer, I have not got settings and temperature correct as yet so because I checked it thinking it was cooked, but it wasn't, the cake actually sunk. I just placed this on the bottom so you cannot tell.

18 Comments

- - mom112217 said
  - 02 Jan 2016
    1:05 pm
Look’s delicious,this is one to make for Mum,she loves a good sponge cake!

- - mom115364 said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    8:57 am
This looks positively delicious with the custard in the middle!!

- - mom93821 said
  - 03 Jan 2015
    8:22 pm
Thanks for sharing this yummy looking recipe.

- - seachtheteach said
  - 09 Jul 2014
    3:32 pm
Yum! A good old sponge. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!

- - rachkap said
  - 08 Jul 2014
    1:29 am
The perfect looking sponge!!! Thanks

- - tilly said
  - 07 Jul 2014
    8:58 am
I have tried to edit this recipe but the details are not updating although it does say that it has. If you want to bake this then change the custard powder to 1/4 cup and also add 3/4 cup of cornflour. Sorry about the mistake but I have tried to fix it.

- - mom57522 said
  - 03 Jul 2014
    3:20 pm
Oh lovely! I always struggle to find a good sponge recipe.

- - memo said
  - 15 Jun 2014
    3:18 pm
an unusual recipe using custard powder, looks delicious
- mom93821 replied
  
  23 Apr 2016 , 7:34 am
  I have many recipes that use custard powder.
- - no1ladydj said
  - 09 Jun 2014
    3:08 pm
I’ve never had any success making sponge cakes, they usually turn out like circular paving bricks. I’d love to try this recipe, but I noticed that it doesn’t have any flour in it. Is this the way the recipe is meant to be, or was it missed in the ingredient list? Thanks for your help with my question, I appreciate it, as I don’t want to waste 4 eggs if I haven’t got the rest of the ingredients right.
- eestigirl replied
  
  15 Jun 2014 , 5:05 am
  Custard powder is based on corn flour so that would replace flour in the ingredients list. Hope your sponge turns out : )
  - 3timesamum replied
    
    21 Jun 2014 , 4:44 pm
    
    I didn’t know that about the custard powder. Thanks for the tip.
  - tilly replied
    
    22 Jun 2014 , 9:52 am
    
    Sorry it must have been a typo 3/4 cup of cornflour is missing.
- - lou3 said
  - 04 Jun 2014
    11:12 am
Love it

- - tilly said
  - 04 Jun 2014
    7:50 am
I shared this with family and friends, it just melted in your mouth.

- - mums-info said
  - 03 Jun 2014
    6:56 pm
Looks great thanks for sharing

- - curlytops said
  - 03 Jun 2014
    6:09 pm
lemon curd in the middle would be nice too!

- - coppin85 said
  - 03 Jun 2014
    4:41 pm
this would be so irresistible