What is the New Zealand white sponge cake, is it a white cake here in the U.S?

What is the New Zealand white sponge cake, is it a white cake here in the U.S? - Woods Covered With Snow

My friend is from New Zealand and us asking for a white sponge cake. Is that the same as a white cake in the U.S.? or does she really mean sponge cake?

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Best Answer

The New Zealand Edmonds cook book has a sponge cake recipe something like this. It's the only cook book we are allowed to use :-)

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 3/4 cup Edmonds Fielder's cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon Edmonds plain baking flour
  • 1 teaspoon Edmonds baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons golden syrup
  • 1 tablespoon boiling water

Method

  • Beat egg whites until stiff
  • Beat in sugar then yolks
  • Sift cornflour, flour and baking powder into egg mixture
  • Add golden syrup dissolved in boiling water and mix gently with a metal spoon
  • Pour into two greased and lined 20 cm sandwich tins
  • Bake at 190°C for 20 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched
  • Leave in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack


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What is a sponge cake in England?

In the UK sponge cake refers to several different types, including fatless sponges based on whipped egg whites, things like Genoise sponge, and also cakes based on creamed butter and sugar followed by the addition of eggs and folded in flour such as Victoria Sponge.

What are the different types of sponge cakes?

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What is the difference between cake and sponge?

To quote Mrs Beeton, the Victorian cookery writer, \u201ctrue sponges contain no fat\u201d, only eggs (which actually contain a bit of fat) and sugar whipped to an emulsion with some flour gently folded in so as not to disturb the bubble structure of the mixture. All other types of cake contain added fats.

What are the 3 types of cake?

Cake TypesSHORTENED CAKES: contain fat, frequently in a solid form Three basic types.UNSHORTENED CAKES: contain little or no fat High ratio of eggs to flour and fall into three categories.American Butter cakes#1: No Fat Angel food cakes Meringues3 more rows


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