Pound cake

A sponge cake is a cake of fat, egg, flour, starch powder, milk, flavoring and optionally raising agent, which is characterized by a moist crumb. The batter is foamy stirred and must not be opened, where it is prepared in different formulations.

A special form of Rührkuchens (also called direct heavy cake) the Eischwerkuchen. When Eischwerkuchen the amount of the other basic ingredients in the weight of eggs used is measured. These are weighed and each have the same mass to fat ( butter or margarine), sugar and flour added to the dough.

Typical sponge cakes, for example, ring cake ( also known as marble cake ), King Cakes and English cakes. Increasingly, sheet cakes and Rührkuchenschnitten offered. It is common to coat the the cooled cake with chocolate or fondant icing or sprinkle with toasted sliced ​​almonds or powdered sugar.

Variants

• Lemon Cake

For this the dough with the juice of lemon or lemon flavor, grated peel or zest flavored it. In Italian cuisine, partly lemon liqueur (such as Limoncello ) will be used. It is typically, less commonly covered with a glaze of powdered sugar, water and lemon fondant.