Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Sponge Cake

Chocolate Sponge Cake. Set another cake layer on top, and repeat process with remaining simple syrup, frosting, and cake layers. Frost top and sides of cake in a swirling motion. Butter paper and sides of pan; dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess.

To defrost it, take it out from the freezer the night before and thaw it unwrapped at room temperature. Put the cocoa powder and boiling water into a large bowl and mix well to make a paste. Try these cakes using this Chocolate Sponge Cake: Chocolate Kiev Cake - Sponge cake with layers of walnuts, meringue and dulce de leche. You can cook Chocolate Sponge Cake using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Sponge Cake

1. It's 3 of large eggs.
2. It's 1 1/2 Tablespoon of melted butter, let cool until almost to room temperature.
3. It's 2 Tablespoon of milk.
4. You need 2 Tablespoon of sugar.
5. You need 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
6. Prepare 1/3 cup of cake flour.
7. It's 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
8. You need 1 1/2 Tablespoon of coco powder.

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Chocolate Sponge Cake step by step

1. Crack 3 eggs. Put the egg whites in a mixing bowl and egg yolks in a large bowl..
2. To the egg yolks, add in the cooled butter, milk, sugar, and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Sieve the cake flour, baking powder, and coco powder and whisk to combine the wet and dry ingredients to form a thick batter..
3. In the meantime, use the electric mixer (or a whisk) to beat the egg whites until it can form a stiff peak. When done, pour this fluffy egg whites into the batter and gently combine them together with a spatula until it is almost homogenous..
4. Lightly grease the ramekins and put them inside the fryer basket. Preheat the air fryer at 400F (200C) for about 2 minutes..
5. Scoop the batter into the preheated ramekins and air fry at 280F (150C) for about 10-12 minutes, until the toothpick comes out clean..

Chocolate cakes made with this sponge base is the best. Gather your ingredients and measure them before starting. Sift or combine together the flour, cocoa powder, and the baking powder together. When you lift the whisk from the mixture the ribbon should not. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.