Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe – Gluten Free

What a great way to spend a bank holiday, baking a cake – and then eating it! We have a great simple vanilla cake recipe here today, and it’s gluten free too. This recipe is for a single cake.

Ingredients:

• Large Eggs – 3 (or use VeganEgg)
• Soft Unsalted Butter / Dairy Free Alternative – 180g
• Water – 200ml
• Delicious Alchemy Vanilla Sponge Mix – 400g
• Two 20cm / 8 inch Round Cake Tins
• Greaseproof Paper

How To Make Your Vanilla Sponge Cake:

• 1: Preheat your oven to 180C/160C if your oven is fan assisted.

• 2: Grease and line the bases of your two cake tins using greaseproof paper.

• 3: To one bowl add your cake mix, your soft butter (or the dairy free option), water and eggs.

• 4: Use an electric whisk for 15 seconds to beat together.

• 5: Stop whisking, scrape down the bowl and continue to mix for 10 more seconds.

• 6: Evenly split the mixture between the two cake tins.

• 7: Bake until the cakes look light golden brown, this may take 20 to 25 minutes.

• 8: Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool in the tins for at least 5 minutes.

• 9: Remove the cakes from the tins and allow them to completely cool before any decoration is added.

• 10: Decorate and eat!

Stuck for a filling idea? How about a simple jam and buttercream filling? We’ve posted about a simple and easy buttercream recipe recently to help you out!

How did your cake end up? What filling did you chose?

(Original Recipe and Image: Delicious Alchemy website)