The trick to getting a sponge cake to rise is to mix the wet ingredients together before gently folding in the dry ingredients to keep air in the mixture. The creaming method, in which butter and ...

While many are familiar with the conventional creaming or one-bowl methods, there are some lesser-known cake-mixing methods ...

Mix fruits, stir in brandy, cover with cling film and macerate overnight. To mix yeast sponge, crumble fresh yeast into warm milk in a pyrex bowl. Allow yeast to soften. Mix in 175g flour and beat ...