This is a very easy cake to cook. Quite large. Beautiful cake to eat. I use an orange icing which consists of icing sugar orange juice and orange zest. They go really well together.
The key to a light and fluffy sponge cake is to make sure to gently fold the egg whites that have been stiffly beaten into the rest of the batter. The only things I whip together are the eggs sugar zest and oj. I then stir in the flour/baking powder and then gently fold in the whites. You should also NEVER grease the pan with a sponge cake and allow it to cool upsidedown for 1 1/2 - 2 hours in the pan before removing. Works very well in a tube pan-this particular recipe may need to be doubled for that.
Well, the 1st time I made this, I wasn't too crazy about it. Now, after making it a few times, I've perfected the recipe and made it even healthier! First, you can half the amount of sugar and make it just as delicious. Then, I double the orange zest, add 2 tbsp. of lemon zest, fresh lemon juice, 1 tsp. of honey, and extra orange juice. After it's done baking, I like to serve it with some fat free ice cream. It's delicious!
I have not made this cake yet but from what I can tell it's a good one. For those of you complaining about it being too dry ITS A SPONGE CAKE! Sponge cakes are supposed to be dry that's why they're called sponge cakes. If you wanted something moist maybe you should make a regular cake. But above all else do NOT add oils and fats to a sponge cake it will not rise properly. Also don't grease the cake pan if you do it will become dense after coming out of the oven. If you're not sure if you can trust me I'm a patisserie and baking student at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. So unlike those people that were complaining about the cake being too dry I actually know what I'm talking about.
All the reviews were so good but i don't know why mine turn not not light and spongy enough. When i pour the flour into the egg yolk mixture the batter was very thick like a dough. I wonder is it because the eggs need to be very large? Can anyone offer me some advice? I think more eggs should be added. Overall the taste was good.
A very light cake full of flavor
Delicious! I whipped up this cake in no time yesterday. I served it today and it was still super soft and yummy. I double-wrapped it in plastic wrap because sponge cakes can dry out easily. I used the zest and juice of one medium California naval orange. I used a square baking pan instead of a round one. It smelled awesome coming out of the oven! I didn't think it tasted very orange-y but my family members thought it was perfect. I might add more zest next time. I would definitely make this again!
Perfect - a really straightforward recipe that produces a delicious cake. I have made it twice now and added 2 T of a chunky homemade marmalade for even more flavour (I also reduce the sugar slightly to just under 1 cup to compensate for the extra sweetness of the jam). I like to slice it in half and spread it with whipped cream that has had 100g of melted dark chocolate whipped into it. I then ice it with a dark drizzly chocolate icing. You could also spoon a little Grand Marnier onto the bottom layer before you put the cream on. This was my solution to a request for a Chocolate/Orange birthday cake!
This was an excellent sponge cake recipe. Easy to make. The results were what was also very important though. Delicious with a perfect flavor and texture. Cake did not want to budge from pan though so be sure to grease/flour really well! Is equally delicious with vanilla used as a flavoring instead of orange zest. I used this recipe (with vanilla instead of orange) for a ice cream cake for 4th of July and the results were delicious! I spread layers of vanilla ice cream and blueberry and strawberry sorbet. Then I froze. Then before serving I topped with whipped cream and bluberries and strawberries in a sort of flag shape. Worked very well. FYI sponge cakes work better for ice cream cake because the lack of butter (which I usually looove!) keeps the cake from becoming too hard in the freezer. I great all around sponge cake recipe. A keeper.:) Note 4 stars just because I'm SUPER! picky about 5 stars!:)
