I have baked a victoria sponge cake and it came out fine. In order to make a chocolate sponge cake, Can I use the same recipe of Victoria sponge cake and just add some quantity of melted chocolate to the batter? Will that work?
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Will it end up being a (probably delicious) cake? Yes. Will it have the texture of a Victoria sponge? No. The melted chocolate will destroy some of the airiness of the sponge, making it more like a brownie.
Instead, I would recommend substituting a few tablespoons of flour for unsweetened cocoa powder. That will give you a chocolate Victoria sponge.
answered Oct 26, 2015 at 23:14
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2Related to this substitution suggestion, you may also want to reduce the oil according to these proportions. cooking.stackexchange.com/q/46379/37179– NadjaCSOct 26, 2015 at 23:29
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1Unsweetened cocoa is bitter, you may want to up the sugar a bit to compensate as well.– GdDOct 27, 2015 at 8:34
Egg whites are generally whipped without the yolks to create more volume. There is fat in the yolk which keeps a good "foam" from developing. Chocolate would have some fat too. Not knowing the ingredients for your recipe, nor how the ingredients are used I don't think a definitive answer exists. So the answer is to try it and see what happens.
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1Well, Victoria sponge is a pretty "standard" recipe, no need for much guessing.– Stephie ♦Oct 27, 2015 at 6:29