Kenyan Sponge Cake (Mkate wa Mayai)

Name: Kenyan Sponge Cake (Mkate wa Mayai)
Ingredients: Egg alternative; ½ cup powdered sugar; 5½ tbsp all-purpose flour; ½ tsp cardamom; ½ tsp baking powder

Ingredients

Egg alternative
½ cup

powdered sugar
5½ tbsp

all-purpose flour
½ tsp

cardamom
½ tsp

baking powder

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 355°F.
Grease and line a 9in cake tin.
Sift the flour and baking powder.
Add the egg alternative, sugar and cardamom and beat until fluffy (until the volume doubles).
Add the flour gradually and fold in carefully.
Spoon the mixture into the tin.
Bake for around 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Leave to cool.