sponge cake recipie failed yet again

[chrissy]

Well i tried the sponge cake recipie in the international book 1 and forgot till the same thing happened again, the cake sunk in the middle, i followed all instructions strictly, or so i thought , so i must be doing something wrong as it happended twice to me, had terrible trouble filling in the big dip, i was not sure it could be the almond essence i used, or that i did use trex to grease the paper , tried butter on other occasions.
it did curdle so i added flour, as this takes ages to mix in 4 eggs i wondered if anyone has a trusted sponge recipie as i am not using this again........... even if it is my mixing, lol.

[rach]

Chrissy try my maderia recipe on here.....it work like a treat bung it all in mix together and bake..simple..really it is..
try it

[emmascakes.co.uk]

I've heard that it helps if all the ingredients (eggs, butter etc.) are room temperature before you start mixing...