Sponge Cake Recipe 

(submitted by Nonnas' Cucina Family)

Try this quick and easy to make recipe for your Bake A Wish event.
A winning idea for any cake sale, morning tea or get together.
INGREDIENTS

  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup corn flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder 
  • 2 tbsp self-raising flour
Method

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. 
2. Whisk eggs and sugar for 15 minutes, then add the vanilla
3. Sift corn flour, self-raising flour, and baking powder together 4 times. Fold into egg mixture.
4. Put mixture in 2 paper lined tins 20cm x 5cm.
5. Bake for 25 minutes
6. Take out of oven and let cool. Cut evenly into 4 layers. 
7. Gently dip the top and side layers into the chocolate ganache, then in coconut - this will be your top layer.
8. Dip the sides only of the next 3 layers with ganache and desiccated coconut. 
9. Layer each with jam and cream, then put the top layer and decorate as desired.