Chocolate sponge cake

This is just an improvisation on my previous sponge cake recipe. In fact a delicious one. Well, there is one important thing that you have to remember - sponge cakes are definitely soft but not juicy like the pastries which we get in the stores. This basic sponge cake recipe is definitely fluffy but we need to sprinkle some juice or syrup [after cooking the cake] in order to make it juicy, other wise its a little dry. 

Ingredients:

Eggs - 6

Sugar - 1 1/3 cup

Flour -  1/2 cup

Cocoa powder - 1/3 cup

Corn starch - 1/3 cup

Butter - 2 tbsp

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp 

For the frosting

Butter :- 2 tbsp

Chocolate chips - 1 cup

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C. 
2. Separate egg yolks and whites. Add 2 tbsp sugar, vanilla extract  to the egg yolks and whip them. Keep this mixture aside.
3. Beat the egg whites in a large bowl until it form soft peaks. Add sugar [little by little] and keep whisking until it forms hard peaks. 
4. Add the egg yolks mixture from step 2 in to the egg whites mixture and fold it in gently. Do not over mix. 
5. Sift in the flour, corn starch, cocoa powder and gently fold it in to the mixture. This sifting procedure will help to remove the lumps. Keep gently folding the mixture until it forms a fluffy mixture.
6. Grease a baking pan with butter and transfer the above mixture in to the pan using a spatula. 
7. Bake it in the oven for about 30 mins. Keep an eye on the cake and make sure it does not burn. Use a skewer to make sure that the cake is cooked well. 
8. Remove the baking pan from the oven and let it cool. Remove the cake from the pan and serve it.
9. Frosting: In a separate pan melt the butter and add chocolate chips. Keep mixing until a thick chocolate liquid is formed. 
10. Remove from the heat and apply the chocolate liquid over the cake using a spatula and leave it aside to cool. Once cooled the frosting gets hard and looks delicious. 

Enjoy with some whipped cream !!!