Lenten sponge cake
Description
Homemade pastries for tea. More details.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all ingredients.
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Step 2
In a large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt). Mix well.
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Step 3
In another bowl, combine warm water with coconut milk. Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
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Step 4
Then pour in the lemon juice and vegetable oil, and stir again.
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Step 5
Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the liquid ingredients and whisk until no lumps remain. The batter should be the consistency of sour cream. You may thin it with a small amount of water if it comes out thicker.
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Step 6
Pour the batter into a baking tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 35–40 minutes. Check that it is done with a dry toothpick.
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Step 7
Take the finished sponge cake out of the oven and leave it in the pan for half an hour. Then carefully loosen it from the pan with a knife. When the sponge cake has cooled completely, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
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Step 8
Carefully trim the domed top from the sponge cake, then divide it into even layers.
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Step 9
Lean sponge cake is ready.