Thursday, May 17, 2012

American Baby sponge cake

A baby cake to bake when you want to make it for your child and their friends , a very basic sponge cake to make anytime and everytime you feel like having it.



Ingredients:
  • 1 Cup all purpose flour
  • 3 Eggs(Yolks and white separated)
  • 1 Tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 Cup  granulated sugar
  • 3/4cup Oil
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
 Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F,Mix all the dry ingredients except sugar and sieve them.
  2. Now beat in the Egg whites and sugar till it reaches the stiff peaks stage with the help of electric mixer.
  3. Lightly whisk the Egg yolks n vanilla essence and the oil.
  4. Fold in the liquid ingredients and dry ones ,starting and ending with flour.
  5. Bake in the oven for 25-30 min, till the knife inserted comes out clean.
  6. Enjoy with icing or dusting with  sugar like i did.
A Big thanks for my fellow bloggers for showering with some beautiful awards, it makes me feel so motivated and inspired ,Reshmi of Noel Collections, Lavanya of  Tickle your Tastebuds and make your life delicious and Divya of You too can cook -Indian Food recipes have shared so many awards with me and  Divya has also tagged me.So as per the rule sharing some facts here..


1.Inspiration to start a blog :My Inspiration for blog was my new love for cooking and experimenting and so much of ideal time in US a with a  high speed internet, which  needs to be used productively...:)
2.Favorite food :My favourite food is Paneer in any form , starting from Paneer Tikka to Khoya paneer to Rasgulla and Rasmalai..
3.How do you keep in touch with friends? :I keep in touch with my old friends thru Facebook which has given me a lot of lost friends back and calling  them occasionally, asVonage has made life in US more talkative with cheaper phone bills,and ofcourse blogging as it has given me a lot of new frens.
How do you feel when you get awards/tagged:.Awards ,it makes me very happy and motivated and help me know more about my fellow bloggers and make new friends.
5.How happy you will be when you get comments  for your recipes: Comments are the best way to appreciate and interact with other bloggers and your visitors ,otherwise its just a one way communication.These are the only rewards we get everytime apart from these precious awards.


I would like to share all these  awards with my lovely friends 


Cathleen of A taste of Madness
Zari of Zaiqa e hind
Julie of Ervium Pulivum 
Supriya of Supriya's Rasoi
Misha of Kitchen Magic
Radha of A liberal dose of Masala
Swasthi of Swasthi the Health Freak


So friends pass these awards and answer any 5  random facts about urself  and keep appreciating the efforts.















16 comments:

Spicy-Aroma said...

cake looks gorgeous dear..n congrats on your awards..well deserved..glad to follow u :)
Spicy-Aroma

Neha said...

Cake looks wonderful...

Unknown said...

Lovely cake Avika! Wow........! So many awards at a time congrats! Thank you dear friend for sharing these with me!

Cathleen said...

Your cake looks super delicious, and beautiful!
Thank you so much for the award, it made my day! Have a good weekend :)

Julie said...

Delicious spongy cake..yummy!!
Congrats on your awards & Thanx a lot for passing those with me!!

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hotpotcooking said...

cake looks delicious

Divya A said...

Lovely cake!! And Congrats on all those awards you deserve them!! :)

Tina said...

lovely cake...

Reshmi said...

lovely cake recipe.. and congrats on all awards :)

radha said...

Nice cake. Like the duck. Thanks for sharing the award.

Mythreyi said...

The baby cake looks so cutee.. and yum..

Hema said...

Congrats on your awards, the cake decoration is so cute..

PrathibhaSreejith said...

Sponge looks awesome Avika, perfect bake, well presented and great clicks.
Thanks for your lovely words n follow at my space, following u back n best regards:-)

Akila said...

Congrats on ur awards dear n cake has come out so well... When u get time do drop at my place....

Supriya's Rasoi said...

Hey Avika thanks for the awards feel so very good. And the sponge cake is lovely!!

Beena said...

Nice one