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Easy Sponge Loaf Cake Recipe

Can you make a sponge cake in a loaf tin? Yes! This easy sponge loaf cake recipe uses a few basic ingredients and is simple to make. It is light, fluffy, and delicious. This loaf sponge cake can be served as a dessert or a snack with tea or coffee.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, British
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g Butter
  • 195 g Sugar
  • 200 g (3 large) Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 200 g Self raising flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon Baking powder

Equipment

  • 1 Mixing bowl
  • 1 Hand mixer or Stand mixer
  • 1 Loaf pan
  • 1 Wire rack
  • Oven

Method
 

  1. Measure out the ingredients.
    Line the loaf tin with a cake liner. If a loaf liner is unavailable, rub butter on the inside of the cake pan and line the bottom and sides with parchment paper.
  2. Add baking powder to the self raising flour and mix. Set aside.
  3. Add butter and sugar to a mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to mix it until it's light in colour and fluffy.
  4. Break the eggs and add to the butter and sugar mix. Add vanilla extract and use the mixer to whisk it all together.
  5. Add the flour, and use a spatula to mix then use the mixer on low speed to mix for 1 minute for all the ingredients to come together.
  6. Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf tin.
  7. Bake Sponge loaf cake in the oven at 160C/360F for 45 minutes or until it's baked through inside. A skewer when inserted in the middle should come out dry.
  8. Bring out the cake from the oven, let it cool in the pan for at least 5 minutes then turn it onto a wire rack to keep cooling.

Notes

  • It's best to bring the ingredients to room temperature.
  • Sieve the flour for a lighter cake.
  • If you are not using a cake liner in the loaf tin, lightly grease it with butter and cover it with baking paper before adding the cake batter. This is important so the cake doesn't stick to the pan and comes out cleanly from the pan.
  • Let the cake cool for 5 minutes in the loaf tin then at least another 5 minutes on the wire rack before you cut into it.