Donna Hay's soft vanilla sponge - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Donna Hay’ s soft vanilla sponge By You Magazine - October 14, 2018 Cooking this light-as-air soft vanilla sponge cake recipe in a bundt tin gives the finished product instant added ‘wow’ factor. The icing sugar dusting adds a little extra sweetness. From Modern Baking by Donna Hay SERVES 10 12 medium egg whites, at room temperature 1 tsp cream of tartar 165g caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 150g plain flour 110g caster sugar, extra icing sugar, for dusting 1. Preheat oven to 180C/gas 4. Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add the caster sugar and vanilla, and whisk until thick and glossy. 2. Sift the flour and extra caster sugar into a medium bowl. Sift a second time over the egg white mixture and gently fold to combine. 3. Spoon the mixture into an ungreased 2.5 litre-capacity bundt tin and smooth the top. Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake comes away from the sides of the tin. Invert the tin and set aside for 1 hour or until cooled completely. 4. Using a butter knife, loosen the edges of the cake from the tin and turn out on to a cake stand or serving plate. Dust with icing sugar to serve. Modern Baking by Donna Hay will be published by Fourth Estate on 18 October, price £30. To pre-order a copy for £24 (a 20 per cent discount) until 21 October, visit mailshop.co.uk/books, or call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. Donna’s TV series Basics to Brilliance Kids continues on UKTV until 26 October; to be followed by Basics to Brilliance later in the year. To mark the publication of Modern Baking, she will be in London at the end of October for events at Fortnum & Mason (fortnumandmason.com for details) and The Soho Hotel (firmdale.com for details). And you can catch Donna on BBC Saturday Kitchen on 3 November. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved