Sponge cakes, pies and pastries are characterized by a light, airy structure. A properly baked biscuit, without exaggeration, “melts” in your mouth. With a minimal amount of ingredients, baking a fluffy sponge cake requires strict adherence to baking conditions and certain skills.
It is necessary
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- 6 eggs;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 3/4 cup flour
- optional: 1 tsp baking powder or 1 tbsp. starch.
Instructions
Step 1
The basic principle for making biscuit dough is to quickly beat, knead and bake immediately. The dishes, brooms or mixer used for whipping must be perfectly clean and dry. Be sure to sift the flour to enrich it with oxygen.
Step 2
Grease a baking dish with butter, sprinkle with crushed breadcrumbs or semolina. You can line the baking sheet with baking paper by cutting out a circle equal to its diameter and a strip to the height of the sides. These preparations must be made before kneading the dough.
Step 3
Warm the eggs to room temperature. Separate the yolks from the whites and beat with sugar: first, the yolks until the sugar is completely dissolved and the volume increases by 2-3 times, and the whites until snow-white stable peaks are formed. You can beat eggs without dividing, but in this way the mass is well saturated with air, due to which the biscuit acquires a delicate porous structure.
Step 4
Add the beaten egg whites to the yolks, gently stirring in from the bottom up with a spatula or spoon. Pour in flour, which, if desired, can be mixed with baking powder or starch, but this is not necessary - the dough will rise due to well-beaten eggs.
Step 5
Put the kneaded dough into the prepared dish and place in the oven. Bake the sponge cake at 180 degrees. At a higher temperature, a crust forms on the surface, the center will not bake, the bottom will burn.
Step 6
During the first 10-15 minutes, do not open the oven, as the biscuit can settle and thicken. Check the readiness by piercing the cake with a thin wooden stick: if it is dry and clean, then the product is ready.
Step 7
If the paper used to cover the mold sticks to the baked sponge cake, place it on a damp towel for a few minutes, then gently peel the paper off.
Step 8
A biscuit that is baked for a cake or pastries can be soaked in syrup: boil 1 cup of water, add 1 cup of sugar, bring to a boil and completely dissolve the sugar, remove the foam and cool. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon brandy, rum, or dessert wine.
