Recipe: Perfect Sponge Cake

Sponge Cake.

You can cook Sponge Cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sponge Cake

1. You need 4 tsp of baking powder.
2. You need 1 lb. of magarine.
3. It's 3/4 lb of or 11/2 cups sugar.
4. It's 2 tsp of vanilla essence.
5. You need 8 of eggs.
6. You need 1 lb. of flour.
7. Prepare 4 tbs. of hot water (not boiling).
8. You need of Flavouring.
9. It's of Zest of 1 lime.
10. You need 3 dashes of Angostura Bitters.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of ground spice.
12. It's 1 tsp of ground clove.
13. You need 1 tbs of lemon juice.
14. You need 2 tbs of rum.

Sponge Cake instructions

1. Cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy..
2. Add vanilla essence and butters..
3. Best in eggs one at a time making sure to beat each egg in well before adding the next one..
4. Sift dry ingredients with spice and clove. Then fold this into egg mixture gradually..
5. Add lime zest, lemon juice and rum. Then add hot water..
6. Pour into greased and floured cake pans and bake at 325- 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 -40 mins or until tester comes out clean..