Low Fat Plain Sponge

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 ounces self raising flour
• 8 ounces granulated sugar
• 4 ounces boiling milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees (gas mark 4).
• 2 grease a standard size cake tin with butter/oil.
• 3 whisk egg whites until at the soft peak stage.
• 4 mix flour and baking powder well.
• 5 beat egg yolks well and add the sugar to them, beating well.
• 6 add the egg yolk and sugar mixture to the flour, mixing well.
• 7 melt the butter in the boiling hot milk and add this to the flour mixture.
• 8 gently fold in the egg whites, ensuring mixed fully.
• 9 transfer the mixture to the cake tin and bake for about 50-55 minutes at 350 degrees (gas mark 4).
• 10 remove from the oven and stand the cake in its tin for five minutes, before taking the cake out of its tin and cooling on a wire rack.