Sponge chocolate cake. In a bowl, combine cocoa and flour. Sift over egg mixture; using a large rubber spatula, carefully fold into egg mixture, cutting through center and lifting gently over sides. To make a chocolate sponge cake, bakers substitute cocoa powder for a portion of the flour.

Sponge cakes are usually made of eggs, fats, flour & sugar. The eggs are beaten well to give a fluffy, soft & aerated texture to the cake. There are a few different methods used to make sponge cakes across the world. You can cook Sponge chocolate cake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sponge chocolate cake

It's 5 of eggs.
It's 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
It's 2 1/2 cups of self-raising flour.
It's 1 cup of milk.
Prepare 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
Prepare 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
You need 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
You need of For the baking tin.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of oil spread and covering the baking tin.
Prepare tin of Sprinkle of flour to cover all oil on the baking.

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Sponge chocolate cake step by step

In deep bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix very well with a spoon.
In a separate deep bowl add the eggs and mix until they become double in size now add slowly the dry ingredients and keep the mixer on until you have a creamy texture.
Now slowly add the mixture into the baking tin and make sure to get rid off bubbles by lifting the tin and slowly landing on hard surface.
Preheat the ver at 180 gas marker.
Now place the baking tin in the over and time it for 1 hour on heat 180 gas marker and sit down and wait for it to bake ** do not open oven before 30-40 min** this will deflate the cake.
Once the 1 hour is finished check the cake buy using a knife poke it through the cake and lift it should come out dry if any remaining of mixture comes out stick bake for another 10 minutes. Once it ready take it out and place it on a lifted surface and wait to cool for 25 minutes and its ready to serve *** best served with warm custard***.

In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in the boiling water last. Shut the oven door slowly, not to disturb the rise of the cake. You should sieve the flour and other ingredients into the bowl as it allows more air to go into the mixture making it more spongy. This chocolate Italian sponge cake is quite fast and easy to prepare, once you understand exactly what you have to do.