Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Recipe to Try : Lemon Sponge Cake

Ingredients :
1 cup Cake Flour, sifted
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Cold Water
2 tsp Lemon Rind, grated
2 Egg Yolks, beaten
3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp Sugar
2 Egg Whites, beaten
1 tsp Lemon Juice

(1) Preheat oven to 350°F.
(2) Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together 3 times.
(3) In a separate bowl, add the water and lemon rind into the egg yolks and beat them until they are lemon-colored.
(4) Add 3/4 cup of sugar a little at a time, beating after each addition.
(5) Add the sifted ingredients, slowly stirring to blend them in.
(6) In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form peaks, then add the lemon juice and 2 tbsp of sugar, beating until well blended.
(7) Fold (6) into (5) and pour into ungreased bundt tin.
(8) Bake for 1 hour.
(9) Remove from oven.  Turn pan upside down with tube over the neck of a funnel or bottle.
(10) Cool thoroughly before removing from tin.

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