Basic Sponge Cake

Name: Basic Sponge Cake (Pan di Spagna)
Yield: Makes 1 x 9½ inch (24 cm) cake
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 3 oz (75 g) potato or corn flour, sifted; 4 eggs; 3½ oz (90 g) butter or margarine; 3 oz (75 g) plain white flour, sifted; 5 oz (150 g) caster sugar; 2 egg yolks; grated rind of 1 lemon

Pan di Spagna

Preparation info

Makes
1 x 9½ inch
cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

About

Ingredients

3½ oz (90 g) butter or margarine
4 eggs

Europe
Italy
Cake
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 3, 325°F (160°C).

Measure out about 2½ oz (65 g) o