A sponge cake or sponge cake is a type of dough.
Biscuit is a notion that refers to different types of gastronomic preparations . With the same name, depending on the region, different foods are known, which can be sweet or salty.
A sponge cake or biscuit can be a type of spongy dough that is used to prepare cakes, cakes and pies. These cakes are made by mixing ingredients such as eggs, flour, milk, butter and sugar and baking the mixture in an oven. The basic dough , however, only has eggs , flour and sugar .
Ingredients of a cake
It is important to note that the egg is not an essential ingredient for the preparation of the cake, something that we can see in the vegan version of this dough. Although there are various products that can offer a similar result in terms of texture and consistency, it is perfectly possible to make a cake with water, flour and sugar, without using any ingredients of animal origin.
Something similar happens with milk and butter; Although it is believed that it is not possible to achieve good results in baking without these two products, vegan cuisine does not hesitate to replace them with vegetable alternatives, such as soy drink and olive butter. One of the differences that can first be seen is that absolutely vegetarian dishes are much lighter and easier to digest, despite being equally delicious.
The idea of sponge cake refers to different types of gastronomic preparations.
The invoices
Biscuits are also the name given to bakery or pastry products that, in other countries , are called invoices .
In this case, these are doughs made with flour, fat, sugar, salt and yeast that are generally filled or covered with some type of sweet.
Salty biscuits
There are regions where biscuits or sponge cakes are salty cookies made with fat .
It is common for these cakes, in the River Plate countries, to be consumed for breakfast or snack as an accompaniment to mate .
Other preparations
In Spain you can get soletilla biscuits , a dry and sweet cookie, elongated in shape, with rounded tips. These cookies are flavored with vanilla essence: in Argentina , due to this particularity, they are called vanillas . Sometimes sponge cakes are used as a base to prepare cakes or pastries.
Drunken sponge cake , marble sponge cake , Genoese sponge cake , rainbow sponge cake , bundt sponge cake and Moroccan sponge cake are other culinary preparations that share this name that is so widely used throughout the world.
Lemon cake recipe
One of the recipes that is especially simple to make, but not lacking in flavor or charm, is lemon cake, a very delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed both for breakfast and as a snack. Let's see the ingredients below:
- Baking powder (the exact amount is 16 grams, which conventional envelopes usually come with).
- Flour.
- Sugar.
- Olive oil (if possible, extra virgin for best results, both in flavor and texture).
- The zest of a lemon.
- Flour and olive butter to prepare the mold before placing the mixture.
- Icing sugar, mint leaves and jam for the final decoration.
The first step is to turn on the oven . While it is heating, we put water, sugar, oil and the grated lemon in a container, beat it and add a mixture of flour and yeast that we have previously prepared separately. It is necessary to continue beating until complete homogeneity is seen.
Grease the mold with butter, sprinkle it with flour and pour the mixture. The oven should be at 180°C and the cooking time is around 40 minutes. Before unmolding the cake, it is important to let it cool. Finally, we can decorate it with icing sugar, jam and a few mint leaves.