So I can just do a basic sponge recipe using vitalite instead of butter?
Yup! I've always used Pure Sunflower as it's the only one I can find in the supermarkets here..
Easy sponge cake recipe(Makes 1 x 20cm / 8in cake)
Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas 4. Grease and base line 2 x 20cm / 8in sandwich tins with greaseproof paper (I cheat and use pre-cut circles from Lakeland
) Pure or Vitalite are fine for greasing
Measure the following into a large sturdy mixing bowl:
8oz / 225g dairy free margarine
8oz / 225g caster sugar
4 eggs
8 oz / 225g self-raising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
(to make a chocolate cake, also add 2 tablespoons cocoa powder - I always use Bourneville, it's the best flavour)
Using a twin whisk electric beater, beat well until thoroughly blended. To make the cake extra light and fluffy, sweep the whisk up and down to get extra air into the mixture - carefully - too high and you'll lose the mixture!
Divide the mixture equally between the tins and level (gently, you want to keep the air in).
Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 mins until well risen and the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly pressed with a finger. (Mine tend to be done in 20 mins, the oven is hotter than it should be
)
Leave to cool in the tins for a few minutes then turn out onto cooling racks and peel off the paper.
You can make buttercream with pure or vitalite, but you need lots of icing sugar and not much margarine. I've yet to crack this one...
Enjoy!
