5-Ingredient Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe: This Moist Sponge Cake Likes to Be Naked Cakes/Cupcakes

This vanilla sponge cake recipe is the only one you'll ever need. Top it with fruit, frosting, whipped cream, fruit compotes, cinnamon-sugar, chocolate ganache – or leave it naked. Yep, it loves to be naked.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time:  40 minutes
Servings: Makes 2 cakes

Ingredients

• 6 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Here’s how to make it:

1. Put the eggs in a mixer bowl. Beat with an electric mixer for about 1 minute.
2. Slowly add the sugar, a little at a time, and continue mixing on high speed for about 9 minutes, or until thick and fluffy.
3. In a bowl, combine the flour and baking power. With a spatula, gently fold the flour into the egg mixture a little at a time. Fold in the vanilla.
4. Pour the batter into two round cake pans that have been lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for about 25 minutes, or until top is golden brown. 

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