Ingredients

  • 110 g dairy-free margarine
  • 110 g caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soy flour
  • 2 teaspoons sunflower oil
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (optional)
  • 170 g unbleached plain flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 12-23 cup soymilk

Method

  • Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Gradually beat in soy flour, oil and water, mixing well between each addition.
  • Beat in egg whites and vanilla essence.
  • Sift flour, baking powder and salt into separate bowl.
  • Add gradually to cake mixture with soy milk, beating thoroughly between each addition.
  • The mixture should be light and drop easily from a wooden spoon.
  • If too stiff, beat in more soy milk 1 tablespoon at a time.
  • Spoon mixture evenly into two greased and lined 18cm sponge cake tins, and cook in a moderate oven (180C) for 20-25 minutes until golden on top and a sharp knife comes out clean from the centre of the cake.
  • Remove cakes from oven and leave to cool in tins for five minutes until cake starts to shrink from sides of tin, then turn onto wire rack.
  • When cool, decorate as required.