Thursday 31 December 2015

Lady Fingers Sponge Cake

Lady Fingers Sponge Cake

             Ingredients                                            Yield: Will fill an average baking sheet

  • 8                     Egg Yolks
  • 5ml (1 Tsp)      Vanilla Extract
  • 75g (1/3 Cup)   Sugar
  • 8                      Egg Whites
  •     (1/4 Tsp)      Cream of Tartar
  • 115g (1/2 Cup)  Sugar
  • 225g (2 Cups)    Flour

             Instructions
  1. In a bowl add egg yolks, vanilla and sugar (1/3 cup).
  2. Mix until it becomes really silky and smooth.
  3. In a different bowl add you egg whites and cream of tartar.
  4. Mix until the egg whites become foamy, then add your sugar (1/2 cup).
  5. Mix until egg whites form soft peaks. 
  6. Alternately mix in flour and egg white mixture into your egg whites.
  7. Scoop the batter into a piping bag and pipe onto a lined baking sheet. Fill the whole sheet if you can and pipe into strips. One touching the other. Or you can bake them into 3-inch individual strips.
  8. Bake in a 375 F oven for 12 minutes. 
  9. Remove from the oven and cool. 
  10. Once cooled you can remove it from the baking sheet. 
  11. Cut into desired shapes and use in layered desserts like, tiramisu, triffle, etc... 

Check out the video!
https://youtu.be/jE-rbvLsftI

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