Chocolate sponge cake with egg whites
Description
Delicious baking for the whole family. The sponge cake turns out with a rich chocolate flavour and colour. If you plan to make a cake later, use a round tin; for small cakes, a square one works better. Keep the sponge upside down until it has cooled—this helps it stay light and airy. Try not to open the oven, or the sponge may collapse. Egg whites are best aged in the refrigerator for 1–2 days before you bake. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients you need for a chocolate sponge cake made with egg whites. Melt the butter and let it cool.
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Step 2
Pour the egg whites into a tall bowl and add a pinch of salt. Beat the egg whites until foam forms.
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Step 3
While continuing to beat the egg whites, add the sugar a little at a time. Beat until the sugar has dissolved and you have soft peaks—that is, the mixture should hang from the whisk in a curved beak shape, not stand up straight in a stiff peak.
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Step 4
Mix the flour with the cocoa powder and sift twice through a sieve. This will help remove any debris, if there was any, and aerate the flour. Fold the chocolate-flour mixture into the beaten egg whites and gently mix from top to bottom.
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Step 5
Pour the butter into the dough and mix gently.
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Step 6
Transfer the dough to an 18 cm diameter baking pan with parchment paper on the bottom.
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Step 7
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Step 8
Take the finished sponge cake out of the oven and turn it onto a wire cooling rack. If you don’t have one, stand it upside down on cups—the important thing is that there is space underneath.
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Step 9
After cooling, remove the sponge cake and, if possible, let it rest wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator for about 8 hours before using it.
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Step 10
Ready. Serve at the table.