Paper Lined Sponge

Ingredients:-

5 egg yolks
30g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla esssence

55g warm corn oil / melted butter
60ml warm milk

80g cake flour
20g corn starch
1/2 tsp baking powder

5 egg whites
50g castor sugar


Method:-

1) Sieve flour, corn starch and baking powder together.
2) Beat egg yolks, sugar, salt and vanilla essence together till thick and creamy.
3) Stir the warm corn oil/melted butter and milk into the yolk mixture. Mix well.
4) Fold in the sieved flour mixture and mix well.
5) Beat egg whites till white in colour and add in sugar by thirds and beat till egg white is stiff.
6) Fold half portion of the egg white into egg yolk and blend well.
7) Pour the yolk mixture into the remaining egg white and blend well.
8) Spoon batter into paper cups lined with baking paper up to 80% full and bake at 180C for 20 minutes or till golden brown


Note:-

1) Recipe can yield 10 using standard size paper cups.
2) To fasten process for step (2), beat egg yolk by sitting the mixing bowl in a basin of hot water.
3) You can also do without the paper and just pour batter into muffin cups. Adjust your baking time according to the size of the cups you use.


[recipe from Florence]