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  • - Hey, everyone, it's Natasha of natashaskitchen.com.

  • And today I'm going to teach you how to make

  • my favorite European sponge cake.

  • I use this base for so many of my cakes.

  • It's awesome because it takes on moisture really well

  • and it never gets soggy, and it only has four ingredients.

  • Yes way.

  • You're going to preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Then beat six large room temperature eggs

  • on high speed for one minute.

  • While the mixer's on, gradually add one cup of sugar

  • and continue beating that on high speed

  • for about eight minutes.

  • While that's going, I'm going to whisk together

  • one cup of all purpose flour

  • and half a teaspoon of baking powder.

  • This is exactly what the eggs and sugar

  • should look like when they're done, thick and fluffy.

  • Now sift the flour mixture into the batter in thirds,

  • folding between each addition.

  • Because this cake really relies on the volume of the eggs,

  • it's super important not to overmix.

  • So you want to mix just until

  • there's no more streaks of flour.

  • And make sure to scrape from the bottom of the bowl

  • to catch any hidden pockets of flour.

  • Now divide the batter evenly

  • between two nine inch cake pans.

  • And all I did to prepare these

  • was line the bottoms with parchment paper.

  • I did not grease the sides of the pans.

  • Smooth out the top and into the oven they go

  • at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.

  • When they're done, they'll be a deep golden color on top.

  • A few minutes after they're out of the oven,

  • you can loosen the cakes from the pans

  • and invert them onto a wire rack.

  • Remove the backing and da-da-da-dun, you're done.

  • You've got a beautiful sponge cake.

  • That's all there is to it.

  • You've got two very flat perfect European sponge cakes.

  • Now once these are at room temperature,

  • you can slice them in half

  • and make a beautiful layered cake.

  • Check out my blog on natashaskitchen.com

  • to get some great ideas on how to use this cake.

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