!! Vanilla Sponge Cake !!

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y dear friends..this is a time for holidays..Christmas gone..& now its time for the New Year..So, I thought of bringing u an item for desert & a reason to celebrate ur holidays..:) I baked this cake for the Christmas..it came out very well & both of us loved it ..It was snowing outside all day here ..& I can’t resist myself to put on my baking gloves..& hunting all the available ingredients from my kitchen shelves..

Finally I baked this ” Vanilla Sponge Cake ” . It is very simple..& u can make it any time..I loved a slice of this cake with a cup of hot  tea or coffee..on   a wintry evening..:)

Try it out..hope  u’ll  love it..

Ingredients:

Maida / all purpose flour – 1 & ½ cups ; powdered sugar- 1 cup ; any vegetable oil or canola oil – 1 cup ; milk- 1/4^th  cup ; baking powder – 1 tsp ; vanilla essence – 3/4^th of tsp ; 3 eggs ; dry fruits and nuts for decorating..

How to do..?

1)Sieve the maida nicely to get rid of any lumps. Now add powdered sugar to it. Sieve the baking powder also before adding.

2) In a separate bowl pour 1 cup of oil & beat it with 3 large eggs to bring a fine mixture. Now add this to the maida mix above.

3)Now combine  all the above ingredients together .To it add 1/4^th cup of milk & the vanilla essence.

4) After u finish u adding all d ingredients blend this mixture very well so that no lumps exist. I normally blend the batter with hand blender for 2 mins...U can use any blender available to u..

5)Then take around baking pan..Grease it with butter or any oil dusting with a pinch of flour..Pour the batter into the baking pan…Take the dry fruits & nuts (dusting them with flour at first & then shake off d extra flour before u add) & sprinkle on the top of cake batter. U can use as many as dry fruits & nuts u get for d toppings..:)

6) Preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit (or 180 degree Celsius) and bake your cake for 35 mins..

U can check by inserting a bamboo skewer or a tooth pick into the cake..If it comes out clean..then ur cake is done..& ready to be taken out from the oven..

Take out the cake from d oven..cool it for sometime..& then njoy a slice with a cup of tea in your hand..:)