Almost Guilt-Free Sponge Cake

Delicious guilt-free sponge cake with powdered sugar topping, perfect for a light dessert or snack.

There’s no such thing as a guilt-free cake. Well, certainly not a cake that is worth eating anyway! That’s why this is an almost guilt-free sponge cake, and perfect for the days you want to cheat, but just a little.

Of course if you want to cheat a bit more feel free to lather on the jam and cream… After all, nobody is good all the time!

Almost Guilt-Free Sponge Cake

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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A light and airy sponge cake with minimal sugar and fat, perfect for a healthier dessert.

Course: RecipesCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Calories

180

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes
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Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs

  • 1/2 cups Plain Flour

  • 170 gram Caster sugar

  • 35 gram Corn Flour

  • 1 tsp Baking powder

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
  • Separate egg yolks and whites
  • Best to whisk egg whites at room temperature in a dry bowl.
  • Add in the sugar combine into the egg white mixture.
  • In a separate bowl whisk yolks
  • Add the yolks to the egg white mixture and combine.
  • Once combined, fold plain flour, cornflour and baking powder into the egg mixture.
  • Divide mixture between two 20 cm cake tins.
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Allow to cool before serving.

Notes

  • The sponge is suitable for freezing up to three months.
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Gemma Lutton
Mother of three gorgeous kids and a extremely lucky husband. A stay at home mum now dipping her toes into the world of writing and escaping into fantasyland until 3pm rolls around, then back to being an awesome mother and wife.

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