How to make a delicious cake step by step

Without complications

If you are a fan of easy desserts and you want to know how to make a cake without complications, here is a super easy recipe with which you can have it ready in an hour at most.

Gather the ingredients

To make a cake for about 8-10 people you need:

6 eggs
180g sugar
185 g of flour
70g butter
½ lemon
A little vanilla essence

Gather them all together and leave them at room temperature.

Beat the eggs and sugar

The first step you must do is crack the eggs in a large bowl, add the sugar and beat them for between 6 and 8 minutes with electric rods, until they are foamy and whitish, and have more or less doubled in volume.

Add the rest of the ingredients

Wash the lemon, dry it and grate the skin, avoiding the white part. Add a teaspoon of this zest to the previous preparation and stir. Then, add 175g of sifted flour, little by little and mixing gently, until it is integrated. Add a little vanilla essence. Melt 60 g of butter, wait for it to warm and add it too.

Grease the mold and bake

Grease a mold about 22 cm in diameter with the remaining butter and sprinkle it with the remaining flour. Pour the dough into it and bake for 30-35 minutes in a preheated 180º oven.

Unmold and dump

Check that the cake is cooked by poking the center with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, remove it; if not, cook 5 more minutes. Let the cake warm and unmold it by passing the blade of the knife around the inner contour of the mold. And turn it over on a baking rack.

How to make sponge cake discs to fill it

The easiest way to make a filled cake is to cut it into discs. To do it without a specific tool and that it fits you perfectly, you can try this trick. First you mark the height of the cut with a bowl turned upside down and some toothpicks that you will be nailing the cake at the same height and that will serve as a guide later.

Cut with a string

Then, you just have to take a kitchen string and, with its help, cut the cake above the toothpicks. If you don't have string on hand, you can also use a pastry spatulas or a long knife following the same guide.

Separate the parts

Once cut, you can separate the parts to fill them with what you like the most.

Fill and mount

There are endless ideas to fill it in. You can fill it with cream, as we have done in the first photo in the gallery. It is also very rich with melted chocolate or cocoa cream as you see here, or with pastry cream or jam. And then you put the rest of the discs back on top.

Put a cover

As in the case of the filling, you can simply cover it with sugar sifted with a strainer (as we have done in the cake filled with cream) or with melted chocolate, as for example here. If you put it on a rack you can pour the chocolate without fear and, once it is cold and with the chocolate solidified, transfer it to a serving source or a plate with a decorative lace.

Fruit topping

Or you can also opt for a fruit topping like this cake filled with pastry cream. In addition, to make it more juicy, we have put a little honey mixed with lemon juice on top of the fruit. And if you want more pastry ideas, don't miss all of our desserts.

How to make a classic sponge cake

Ingredients

6 eggs
180g sugar
185 g of flour
70g butter
½ lemon
A little vanilla essence

Step by Step

Preheat the oven to 180º.
Crack the eggs into a large bowl, add the sugar and beat for 6 to 8 minutes.
Add a teaspoon of lemon zest and stir.
Add 175 g of sifted flour, little by little and mixing gently, until it is integrated.
Add a little vanilla essence. Melt 60 g of butter, wait for it to warm, add it and mix everything well.
Grease a mold about 22 cm in diameter with the remaining butter and sprinkle it with the remaining flour.
Pour the batter into it. Bake 30-35 minutes.
Let the cake warm and unmold it by passing the blade of the knife around the inner contour of the mold.

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