Chocolate Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• Butter (unsalted) - 2 Tbsp
• Eggs - 4 ( room temperature)
• Granulated sugar  - ¾ cup
• Salt - a pinch
• All-purpose flour - ¾ cup
• Cocoa powder - ¼ cup
• Baking powder - 1 ½ tsp
• 8 inch round cake tin

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 350°F or 175° C.
2. Prepare the cake pan with a nonstick spray.
3. Sift the dry ingredients ( flour, cocoa powder, baking powder) together.
4. Melt the butter.
5. Whisk the eggs(4 nos) with a pinch of salt until it is foamy. Add sugar a little by little to the eggs and whip for 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Slowly add the dry flour mixture in halves to the whipped eggs mixture . Do not over mix.
7. Add the melted butter slowly.
8. Pour the batter to the greased baking pan.
9. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out cleaner.
10. Once the cake is baked, allow it to sit in the pan atleast for 5 more minutes and then slowly invert it onto a cooling rack.