Chocolate Sponge Cake with Cocoa

I want to share a recipe for a simple chocolate sponge cake with cocoa. Just 4 main ingredients – and a chic, fluffy, airy sponge cake is ready! Easy to prepare, perfect for beginners. Try it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Ingredients

• Eggs (C1) – 5 pcs.
• Sugar – 150 g
• Flour – 120 g
• Cocoa – 30 g
• Baking powder – 3 g
• Salt – 1 pinch

Directions

1. The recipe is designed for a mold with a diameter of 17-20 cm.

   

2. I add baking powder to the sifted flour and cocoa, mix and set aside for now.
3. Eggs are divided into whites and yolks. Carefully so that not a drop of yolk gets into the protein.
   I add a good pinch of salt to the proteins.
4. Beat at low speed until light “beer” foam.
5. Then gradually increasing the speed of the mixer and adding 3/4 of the total sugar in 2-3 passes. Beat until firm and stable. When the bowl is turned over, the mass remains stationary. I put it aside for now.
6. I add the remaining sugar to the yolks.
7. Beat until light whitening and increase in volume.
8. With gentle movements, I connect the whites and yolks.
9. The mass should remain light, tender, airy.
10. Then sift dry ingredients to the beaten eggs in 2-3 passes. Stir well each time with a spatula, thoroughly, but not for long.
11. The dough will fall off a little but remain fluffy and airy.

    

12. I bake a sponge cake in a split from 17 cm in diameter. I covered the bottom with parchment, I don’t grease the sides with anything.
13. The oven is preheated to 170 degrees. The approximate baking time is 30-35 minutes.
14. Focus on your oven and a dry toothpick, but do not open the oven for the first 25 minutes!
15. On the wire rack, let the biscuit cool for 10-15 minutes. Cut out of the ring and leave to cool completely.
    Then I wrap the biscuit in a bag or plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours.
16. Chocolate sponge cake for cocoa is ready!
    From the specified amount of products, a biscuit is obtained with a diameter of 17 cm and a height of 8 cm.

    

17. Airy, lightweight, porous. Delicate and aromatic.
18. The biscuit itself is dry and needs to be impregnated!

I hope you enjoy the recipe and find it useful! Enjoy your meal!