Roger Pizey

Sheet Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    30

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
World's Best Cakes: 250 great cakes from Raspberry Genoise to Chocolate Kugelhopf
World's Best Cakes

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

  • About

This American favourite can be as simple or as complicated as you like. However it comes, it’s always popular and is perfect when baking for large numbers of people. And it’s helpful to have an extra pair of hands when making this cake - so you can promise your helper the first, and biggest, slice.

Ingredients

For the orange sponge

  • 6 eggs
  • 200 g (7 oz) caster sugar
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas mark 3, and line a baking tray with baking parchment.
  2. Make the orange sponge first. Whisk the eggs until soft and foamy. Slowly add the sugar and beat until trebled in size.
  3. Fold in carefully the sifted flo