Chocolate Sponge Cake

Group 1 
5 egg yolks 
50g castor sugar 

Group 2 
5 egg whites 
100g castor sugar 

Group 3 (sifted together) 
100g cake flour/plain flour 
20g cocoa powder 
1 tsp baking powder 
1 tsp baking soda 

Group 4 
80g Butter, melted (or 80ml corn oil) 

Steps: 
1. Preheat oven at 180 deg C 
2. Cream egg yolks at highest speed, add sugar slowly. 
3. Once creamy, mix in butter slowly. 
4. Whisk egg whites at highest speed, add sugar slowly. Beat till you can see circles in the mixture. 
5. Fold in the egg white mixture and flour mixture in alternate batches (abt 2 to 3 batches each) into the egg yolk mixture slowly in 1 direction. 
6. Pour into 9" cake tin and bake for 35 to 45 mins 


By Jennifer Quah