Name: Grandma's homemade cake
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: española
Ingredients: 125 grams of pastry flour; 120 grams of sugar; 1 sachet of yeast; 3 eggs; 1 lemon yogurt; 1 lemon to zest; vanilla (optional); little glass of oil; butter to spread the mold; A little bit of salt

Today's recipe is a classic. The cake. Who has not ever prepared it for breakfast, snack or for a birthday?

On Sunday afternoons I always like to cook a good cake and every morning during the week I eat a piece for breakfast along with a glass of milk.

This pastry recipe is very simple to make and there are many different variants. You can prepare it with yogurt, chocolate, lemon, apple or carrot.

Today's recipe is the classic one also known as Vic sponge cake. However, I have taken the liberty of adding a touch of lemon flavor with the lemon zest and yogurt. I have also added vanilla essence since I love it, but this is optional.

I must confess that many times, once I have the cake ready, I break up the dark chocolate and put it on top. It's delicious! Of course, you have to be willing to add a few extra calories to the cake.

I also highly recommend adding icing sugar on top once we have baked the cake. As you can see, it is a matter of letting your imagination fly and the recipe that I leave you here is simply a guide so that from there you can try new things and make your own formula.

By the way, for those who prefer to save time and use the food processor, I also leave below the original recipe how to make the cake with Thermomix.

How to make traditional cake

We take a bowl and add the 3 eggs. We beat the 3 eggs with a manual or electric rod.
Next we add the 120 grams of sugar into the bowl and beat to mix the eggs with the sugar.
We preheat the oven to 180 ºC.
We add the yeast envelope. Right after we add the flour, but passed through a sieve to avoid any presence of lumps in the mixture.
We add the glass of oil. We beat the mixture of ingredients until we obtain a homogeneous mixture.
Grate the lemon and add it with the rest of the ingredients together with the lemon yogurt. We beat again until we get a uniform mix. Optionally we can also put the essence of vanilla.
Once the cake dough is prepared, grease a mold with butter or oil and add the cake dough. We put the mold in the oven and leave it for 40-50 minutes.
It is important to check the condition of the cake. We can do it by nailing some cutlery and if it comes out clean it means that it is ready.
We take the mold out of the oven, remove the cake from the mold, add a little icing sugar and let it cool.
We can now serve it and eat it!

Thermomix sponge cake

We preheat the oven to a temperature of 180 ºC with the heat option for both sides of the oven (top and bottom).
In the Thermomix glass we put the sugar and the grated lemon peel. We mix for 10-15 seconds at increasing speed of 5-10.
We put the butterflies on the cutting blades of the food processor, add the 3 eggs and beat for 5 minutes at 37 degrees at speed 3.
Add the small glass of oil and lemon yogurt and mix for 15 seconds at speed 3.
Next we add the yeast, a little salt and the strained flour (to avoid the formation of lumps). We beat 15 seconds at speed 3.
We remove the butterflies from the Thermomix blades.
We take a mold, spread it with a little butter or oil and add the cake dough that we have just prepared with the food processor.
Once the oven is hot, put the mold with the mixture for 40-50 minutes. With a cutlery we check the condition of the cake. If we click and it comes out clean, he wants to say that it is ready.
Once cooked, we take the mold out of the oven and remove the cake from the mold. We put a little icing sugar on top and let it rest to cool.
Now we can serve and enjoy this delicious dish!

Tricks to cook the best cake

The recipe is important but it is even more important to know the small keys that will make the difference between making a normal cake and a delicious and fluffy cake. Here are some tips that will make the results you get the best.

What mold to use

We can use any mold we have at home suitable for putting in the oven and for baking. However, the thickness of the mold we use to prepare the cake will affect the time it will take to make.

For this reason it is important to check the condition of the cake, especially if it is the first time we use the mold and we still do not have the exact times at hand.

How to bake our cake correctly

It is important to preheat the oven to 180 ºC before putting the cake. If you have the fan option I also recommend using it, but it is not necessary. Cooking time is normally 40-50 minutes. But as we have said before, there are factors such as the thickness of the mold that will affect the duration of the bake.

What type of mixer to use for the perfect dough

The best type of mixer is one with beaters, either electric or manual, rather than a propeller since the air enters better and the cake will be fluffier.

The best flour for our cake

The flour is an important part of the recipe. It is vital that it includes a special flour for pastries. It is also important to strain it and leave it smooth to ensure that the cake rises properly and to obtain the best results in the kitchen.

How to make the cake fluffy

One of the most important parts of making a quality cake is the texture. If it is too dry or too little done, we will not get the best results. Therefore, the proper fluffiness of this is vital to impress our guests or family. The following tricks will help you get the good fluffiness of the cake.

Ingredient temperature

It is important that all the ingredients we use are at a room temperature of about 20-25 ºC. If we use ingredients at a high or low temperature this could cut the chemical process of elaboration and worsen the results. Therefore, it is advisable to remove the ingredients from the refrigerator 20 minutes before starting to prepare the recipe.

Shake the eggs

To achieve good fluffiness, it is important to stir the eggs well to allow air to enter. Another recommendation is to use organic, quality eggs to ensure that we get the best flavor and color.