Chocolate sponge cake

Name: Chocolate sponge cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 5.00 eggs large, seperated; 160.00 g castor sugar; 12.00 ml lemon juice; 100.00 g flour cake; 20.00 g cocoa powder; 0.00 salt just a pinch; 100.00 g icing sugar; 30.00 g cocoa powder

8 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 1 hr

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (8)

5.00	eggs — large, seperated
160.00 g	castor sugar
12.00 ml	lemon juice
100.00 g	flour — cake
20.00 g	cocoa powder
0.00	salt — just a pinch

GLACÉ ICING

100.00 g	icing sugar
30.00 g	cocoa powder

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Method:

Beat the egg whites until stiff.
Gradually beat in 100 g of the castor sugar.
Beat in the lemon juice. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks and the remaining sugar until creamy.
Fold the egg yolks into the egg white mixture.
Sift a layer of flour, cocoa and salt over the egg mixture.
Fold in gently.
Repeat to fold in the remaining dry ingredients.
Pour the mixture into a greased cake tin.
Bake in a preheated 160 °C oven for 50 to 60 minutes until cooked through.