What's better than strawberry cake in spring? This simple basic recipe creates an airy sponge cake base as the basis for the perfect fruit cake.
What could be nicer on a warm spring day than enjoying a piece of fruit cake with a fluffy sponge cake base? Ready-made fruit cake bases from the supermarket are quick and easy. But are these really the best choice?
Simply Tasty says no! No more sticky ready-made bases that taste of little and to which the fruit just sticks carelessly. This simple recipe conjures up an airy, fluffy sponge cake base that makes every fruit cake an incomparable pleasure.
Anyone who bakes their own fruit cake bases from sponge cake dough can look forward to the following advantages:
Freshness and quality:
Homemade means choosing fresh and high-quality ingredients.
Taste and variety:
You can easily give your homemade sponge cake an individual touch with a little vanilla, lemon or other flavors.
Simplicity and flexibility:
The recipe is very easy and the fruit base also freezes well after baking. This means you always have a cake base on hand when you feel like eating a sweet cake.
Pride and satisfaction:
Homemade food simply tastes better and you can present your guests with a fruit cake with a homemade sponge cake base with pride and satisfaction.
For the basic recipe for an airy fruit base made from sponge cake you need these ingredients:
4 eggs
1 pinch of salt
100g sugar
1 packet of vanilla sugar
100g flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
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Preparing a sponge cake base for a strawberry cake, for example, is not difficult:
Preheat the oven to 180 °C top/bottom heat.
Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.
Mix egg yolks with sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy. Mix the flour and baking powder and add it in portions to the egg yolk cream. Carefully fold in the egg whites.
Immediately pour the dough into a greased cake base mold (28 cm diameter) and smooth it out.
Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, about 20 minutes.
Remove, let cool and top with fruit, whipped cream or pudding cream as desired.
Easy Tasty Tip:
For a perfect sponge cake base, the eggs should be at room temperature, and the dough should be baked immediately after finishing.
Whether strawberry cake, raspberry slices or fruity fruit cake – the sponge cake base is the perfect basis for countless creations. The combination with a thin vanilla pudding layer, which is topped with sugary strawberries and fixed with clear or red cake icing, is popular. And if you've already made the fruit base yourself, then you can't skimp on the pudding powder or the cake icing, right? You can make both of these yourself easily and without bags.
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