Guyanese Sponge Cake

Red, green and yellow colored cake on a white plate with a fork

Guyanese Sponge Cake

Guyanese Sponge cake is a rich dessert very similar to pound cake. This deliciously decadent cake is often made with multi-colored swirls and is mostly enjoyed at celebrations like birthdays and Christmas.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Guyanese

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Prep Time 27

Cook Time 45

Servings

Calories 478kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Bundt cake pan or two 8 inch round pans
Stand Mixer/Hand Mixer

Ingredients

1 lb butter room temperature
1 lb granulated sugar
10 eggs room temperature
1 lb flour sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon almond essence optional
zest of one navel orange
1 teaspoon rum optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F
Cream together the sugar and butter until fluffy and most of the sugar crystals have dissolved
Add eggs one as a time and mix into the creamed sugar and butter
Then add baking powder to the flour and sift together
Next add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time to the creamed butter, sugar and egg mixture and slowly mix together forming a smooth batter.
Add vanilla essence, orange zest and rum (if using)
Pour mixture into a greased bundt cake pan or two 8 inch round pans
Place on the middle rack in the oven and bake for 45 minutes to an hour or until a wooden skewer or tooth pick comes out clean (free of batter) when inserted into the cake
Remove from the oven and let cool completely before removing from the baking pan

Notes

For best results use room temperature butter. It makes the creaming process easier and helps the batter to be fluffier. Room temperature eggs are also great in the recipe. If I plan to make this I leave the eggs and the butter out over night. If I am doing it spur of the moment, I microwave the butter a little (not the best, but it works) and drop the eggs (shell on) in some warm water.
To add color to this cake, divide the batter into 3 then add 3-5 drops of food coloring of your choice to two of the three portions of batter. Then add the batter into a greased baking pan. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, swirl to make a marble pattern. Then bake.
Adding the rum to the batter might be new to most but I promise you it makes the cake fresher longer. Give it a try and tell me what you think!

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