Soft cocoa sponge cake: tips and tricks for a perfect result
Blogger Giovanni shared his soft cocoa sponge cake recipe with us.
The ingredients for the cocoa sponge cake are:
100 g type 00 flour
40 g unsweetened cocoa powder
6 eggs
50 g cornstarch
200 g caster sugar
1 sachet of baking powder
Preparing the cocoa sponge cake
Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the yolks with the sugar for about 15 minutes using an electric mixer.
The yolk mixture should be pale, fluffy and voluminous, forming a ribbon when lifted.
Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.
Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder. Fold them gradually into the yolk mixture, alternating with the egg whites.
Fold gently with a spatula, using slow movements so the mixture does not lose its volume.
Pour the mixture into a non-stick springform cake tin and bake at 180 °C for 35 minutes.
After the baking time, insert a skewer into the cocoa cake: if it comes out dry, the cake is ready.
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