Hot milk sponge cupcakes

Together with a cousin, I baked this incredibly soft sponge cake. A basic sponge cake is made from egg whites, sugar and flour. No fat is added. The cake rises due to the air bubbles created when the egg whites are whisked. These cakes are called biscuit cakes as they are thin and crispy. Traditional American sponge cakes add baking powder, vinegar, hot water or milk. Our sponge cake here uses baking powder, butter and hot milk.

The constituents..

All-purpose flour - 1 cup

Organic brown eggs - 2

Granulated sugar - 3/4 cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Milk - 1/2 cup

Butter, unsalted - 100g

The process...

Crack eggs into a deep glass bowl. Add sugar. Whisk with a hand blender. Add in vanilla. Sieve flour 3 times. Add in flour in batches into the egg melange. Stir to mix well. 

Heat milk. Add butterl into the milk and stir to combine. Pour this into the batter. You will obtain a loose cake batter. Pour into cupcake moulds.

Preheat oven to 180C. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Bite in and take pleasure in the softness of the cake.