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#* If you used sheets, lay out a few kitchen towels and dust them with the powdered/confectioner's sugar. Immediately flip the hot cakes onto the dusted towels. Dust the top of the cakes with more powdered/confectioner's sugar and then roll up the cakes in the towels. Let them cool for at least an hour. Unroll them before filling. | #* If you used sheets, lay out a few kitchen towels and dust them with the powdered/confectioner's sugar. Immediately flip the hot cakes onto the dusted towels. Dust the top of the cakes with more powdered/confectioner's sugar and then roll up the cakes in the towels. Let them cool for at least an hour. Unroll them before filling. | ||
#Frost or fill, as desired. Sponge cakes baked in cake pans easily lend themselves to filling between the layers. Sponge cakes baked in sheet pans can be filled and rolled before being frosted on the outside. | #Frost or fill, as desired. Sponge cakes baked in cake pans easily lend themselves to filling between the layers. Sponge cakes baked in sheet pans can be filled and rolled before being frosted on the outside. | ||
| − | #* Try making a Buche de Noel. Take your prepared sponge cake made in a sheet pan and fill with your choice of chocolate, chestnut, coffee, or cream cheese fillings. Roll it up and cover with a frosting of your choice (typically, a chocolate). Decorate the rolled up cake to look like a Yule log by adding meringue mushrooms, holly, and sugared cranberries. Dust with powdered sugar.<ref>http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buche-de-noel/</ref> | + | #* Try making a Buche de Noel. Take your prepared sponge cake made in a sheet pan and fill with your choice of chocolate, chestnut, coffee, or cream cheese fillings. Roll it up and cover with a frosting of your choice (typically, a chocolate). Decorate the rolled up cake to look like a Yule log by adding meringue mushrooms, holly, and sugared cranberries. Dust with powdered sugar.<ref name="rf16609">http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buche-de-noel/</ref> |
| − | #* Try making a Victoria Sponge. Place one of your sponge cakes made in the cake pan onto your serving plate. Spread raspberry jam overtop or scatter with fresh berries. Dollop whipped cream or buttercream over the jam or fruit and spread. Stack the other sponge cake on top of the fruit and cream, then dust with powdered/confectioner's sugar and serve.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/may/16/how-bake-perfect-victoria-sponge-cake</ref> | + | #* Try making a Victoria Sponge. Place one of your sponge cakes made in the cake pan onto your serving plate. Spread raspberry jam overtop or scatter with fresh berries. Dollop whipped cream or buttercream over the jam or fruit and spread. Stack the other sponge cake on top of the fruit and cream, then dust with powdered/confectioner's sugar and serve.<ref name="rf16610">http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/may/16/how-bake-perfect-victoria-sponge-cake</ref> |
=== Making a Chiffon Cake === | === Making a Chiffon Cake === | ||
#Heat the oven and set out your pan. Set the oven to 165°C, 325°F, or gas mark 3. Have a tube pan ready, but do not butter or grease it. | #Heat the oven and set out your pan. Set the oven to 165°C, 325°F, or gas mark 3. Have a tube pan ready, but do not butter or grease it. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
| − | *For an easy flavor swap, replace some of the flour with cocoa powder. Add cocoa powder if you want to have a chocolate sponge cake. Try replacing just a few tablespoons.<ref>https://food52.com/hotline/19632-using-cocoa-in-place-of-flour</ref> | + | *For an easy flavor swap, replace some of the flour with cocoa powder. Add cocoa powder if you want to have a chocolate sponge cake. Try replacing just a few tablespoons.<ref name="rf16611">https://food52.com/hotline/19632-using-cocoa-in-place-of-flour</ref> |
* Keep checking the cake when in oven. It may over bake. | * Keep checking the cake when in oven. It may over bake. | ||
* White powder sugar is a good topping. | * White powder sugar is a good topping. | ||
