Basic Sponge Cake

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    451
based on 20 ratings

This recipe is all you need to make a simple sponge cake quickly and with little preparation or fuss. Simply add the ingredients into the mixer bowl and select the ‘Sponge cake’ pre-set programme, letting the machine do the hard work. Once the machine stops divide the mixture between two sandwich tins and bake.

recipe updated Apr 1, 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    225 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    225 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    225 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    2 teaspoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    1 tablespoon
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Strawberry jam icon
    Strawberry jam
    as needed
  • Buttercream frosting icon
    Buttercream frosting
    as needed
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Round pan - 20cm (8")
  • kCook icon Serving plate
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  2. Grease 2 clean round pans
  3. Line with parchment paper then set aside
  4. Attach the K-Beater
  5. Add unsalted butter, all purpose flour, caster sugar, baking powder, egg, milk and vanilla extract to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  6. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  7. Mix with splashguard fitted - 1 min, Speed Max
  8. Divide content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl between 2 round pans evenly
  9. Spread until level
  10. Bake until golden brown - 20 min, 180°C
  11. Remove from oven and let cool - approx 5 min
  12. Turn out onto cooling rack and let cool
  13. Transfer one sponge to serving plate
  14. Spread with strawberry jam and buttercream frosting
  15. Place the other sponge on top and press down gently
  16. Dust with icing sugar
  17. Serve
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