French Sponge Cake

Ingredients

1 cup cake flour

2 tsp baking powder

6 large egg yolks

6 large egg whites

2/3 cup sugar (for egg yolks)

2 tsp vanilla extract

4 tbsp sugar (for egg whites)
6 tbsp salted butter (melted)

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Step 1. Sift cake flour and baking powder into a bowl, then set aside.

Step 2. Separate egg whites from egg yolks.

Step 3. Beat egg yolks and 2/3 cup sugar together, when mixture is thick and light yellow color add 2 tsp vanilla extract, continue beating for 2 more minutes.

Step 4. In a separate bowl, mix together 6 tbsp melted salted butter, 2 tbsp water, 2 tbsp oil.

Step 5. Pour butter mixture to the egg yolk mixture and hand mix.

Step 6. Add flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture and hand mix.

Step 7. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until frothy.

Step 8. Add 4 tbsp sugar to egg white mixture and continue whipping until stiff peaks form.

Step 9. Gently fold in a quarter of egg whites into the egg yolk mixture, then repeat for the rest of the egg whites.

Step 10. Pour batter into 10 inch pan that is oiled and covered in wax paper, then bake for 15 to 20 minutes in 350F until toothpick come out dry.

Step 11. IMPORTANT STEP - To keep the cake from collapsing later, once you remove the cake from the oven, drop the cake pan from a foot high onto a flat surface.

Step 12. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 5 minutes then remove into a cooling rack.  Your cake is now ready to be decorated.