Vienna Cake Base

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recipe by Tina S

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    54mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    194
based on 32 ratings

This sponge cake is a perfect base for all kinds of cakes. It absorbs liquids well, can be filled or used to cover Fondants. It's light and fluffy and always performs well. If you don't try it, it's your loss. User generated recipes have not been tested by Kenwood.

recipe updated Dec 9, 2024

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    75 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    6
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    200 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    ½ teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    75 g
  • Corn flour icon
    Corn flour
    75 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Cake tin

Step preview

  1. Attach the Whisk
  2. Add egg, sugar, vanilla extract and salt to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  3. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  4. Whisk with splashguard fitted - 10 min, 45°C, Speed 4
  5. Transfer mixture to medium bowl
  6. Clean Cooking Chef bowl
  7. Attach the Whisk
  8. Transfer mixture to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  9. Whisk with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed Max
  10. Whisk with splashguard fitted - 10 min, Speed 3
  11. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  12. Add all purpose flour and corn flour to the medium bowl
  13. Stir with tablespoon until combined
  14. Transfer flour mixture to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  15. Mix with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed 1
  16. Add butter to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl while machine is running
  17. Transfer content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl to cake tin
  18. Bake - 10 min, 180°C
  19. Bake - 20 min, 160°C
  20. Switch off the heat and open the oven door
  21. Let cool - 3 min
  22. Remove from oven and let cool
  23. Use
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