Recipe: Basic Chocolate Sponge

Basic Chocolate Sponge Cake

4 eggs

120g castor sugar

Sift

120g plain flour

1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder

Pinch of salt

Method:

Preheat oven to 170° C. Grease, flour and line a 20cm round cake tin.

Whisk eggs and sugar until mixture is thick. Fold in flour in batches with a spatula. Pour batter into the prepared tin. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Turn out, remove the paper. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.

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