Sponge cake

This is a tried and never failed recipe, but measurements are important and need to follow steps carefully.

Measure out everything and have it ready before you start working.
1 cup of cake flour (if you don't have cake flour, add 1 tablespoon of corn starch to 1 cup of regular all purpose flour)
1 cup of sugar
6 eggs, separate egg whites from egg yolks, do not let any egg yolk get in egg whites! use fresh eggs, old eggs will not work
1 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1/4 teaspoon of salt
4 ounces of liquid (water or milk or orange juice, other juices can be used)
cake pan, tube pan or roll pan, anything you want to use, I think the tube pan works best


BEAT EGG YOLKS to mix with flour
1. beat egg yolks on medium power for a 1 minute, add salt and half the sugar, beat on high power for 4 minutes, egg yolks should be lighter in color, pale yellow color
2. slowly add in 1/4 of flour and 1/4 of liquid, can use a shifter to make it easier, if not just do it by hand slowly, continue to add flour and liquid, 1/4 each time till its all mix in, can beat a few seconds on low power to mix it well
3. set aside
4. turn oven on to 325 degrees

BEAT EGG WHITES use clean beathers, must be clean, wash off egg yolks!
1. beat egg whites on low power for 1 minute, then go to medium power for 1 minute
2. add in cream of tartar and beat for 1 minute on medium power
3. go to high power and continue to beat, add in sugar a little at time, separate into 3 or 4 times to add in all the sugar and continue to beat.
4. watch for egg whites to change, at first its is bubbles, then it looks like a bubbly foam, then it gets thicker, it will get thick like a cream, when you see that it leaves beater marks on the surface, turn off the beaters and lift it out of the egg whites, if the egg whites do not move, then its ready. You can basically turn the egg whites bowl to pour it out and it should not move.

MIXING
Scoop 2 scoops of egg whites into the egg yolks mixture and fold it together, folding is moving stuff from the side to the center in 'folding' motion, not stir, not mix, not beat, do NOT beat!! very important, fold it like you would fold a towel

Scoop more whites into the yolks mixture and fold again

Pour all the yolk mixture into the egg whites and fold about 10 to 15 more times to get it all even in color

Pour into cake pan and put into oven

bake 325 degrees for 25 minutes for 9 inch cake pan, 40 minutes for tube pan, the thickness of the cake will determine how long it needs to bake

insert a stick inside to check if its done, will come out clean if its cooked.

take out of the oven and turn it upside down and let it cool for 1 to 2 hours

enjoy or decorate it with cream and fresh fruits