
Chocolate Sponge Cake
Prep
15 mins
Cook
30 mins
Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 200 gramsunsalted butter
- 200 gramscaster sugar
- 200 gramsplain flour
- 2 teaspoonsbaking powder
- 60 gramscocoa powder
- 4eggs
- 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
- 120 milliliterswhole milk
- 100 gramschocolate chips
- 100 gramsicing sugar
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) and grease a 20cm round cake tin.
- 2
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- 3
Add the eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well.
- 4
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder, then gradually fold into the wet mixture.
- 5
Slowly pour in the milk and mix until smooth.
- 6
Fold in the chocolate chips.
- 7
Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 8
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- 9
Dust with icing sugar before serving.
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