Chocolate Sponge Cake (Whole Wheat)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 10 mins  
Cooking Time: 25-35 mins
Servings: 6-7 servings

 

Chocolate Sponge Cake

Chocolate flavoured sponge cake with Hot milk - I adapted this recipe from my earlier Sponge cake recipe and the idea was given by my little one:) He was asking to make a "Hybrid" cake by combining sponge cake and chocolate cake:) This cake is soooo soft and tastes yummy:)

Ingredients: 

Dry Ingredients:

• Whole Wheat Flour / Atta - 1 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp
• Salt - a pinch

Wet Ingredients:

• Eggs - 3 nos (At Room temperature)
• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Milk - 3/4 cup

Method: 

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F for 10 mins and Grease the baking pan and keep it ready
2. Heat the milk till it starts to boil and switch off
   
3. In a sieve, add the wheat flour, Cocoa powder, Baking powder and salt. Sieve the dry ingredients into a wide plate/bowl
   
4. In a mixing bowl, add the eggs and using beater / whisk beat in high speed for 3-4 mins till the eggs become creamy and pale in colour
   
   
   
   
5. Sprinkle sugar over the beaten egg in intervals and continue to beat for another 2-3 mins till the sugar gets dissolved 
   
6. Once the egg-sugar mixture becomes creamy, add in the vanilla extract and mix well
   
7. Now add the dry ingredients into the egg-sugar mixture and beat in low speed or with whisk until they gets combined well
   
8. Add the hot milk into the cake batter and beat/ whisk well to combine
   
   
   
   
9. Pour this into the prepared tray
   
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-30 mins or until its done (can be checked by using tooth pick method)
    
11. Once its done, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 mins; then remove from the pan
12. Slice and Serve warm!
    
13. This can stay well in room temperature for 2 -3 days