Time | Servings | Difficulty |
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01:00 | 6 | Easy |
Introduction
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The Savoy cake is an ultra light and fluffy sponge cake. It’s a quick and easy cake to make. This is a dairy and gluten free recipe.
The extra thing:
- Replace lemon zest with orange zest or orange blossom water.
- Respect the cooking times and temperatures for a successful cake.
- Serve it with fresh fruit, whipped cream.
Ingredients
6 egg yolk | |
7 egg whites | |
2 yellow lemon pour le zeste | |
150g cornstarch | |
180 g sugar | |
2 tbsp icing sugar |
Instructions
1
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Preheat the oven to 220°C.
Take the zest of the lemons above the sugar. |
2
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In a bowl (the largest), whisk the egg yolks with 2/3 of the lemon-flavoured sugar until the mixture thickens and whitens.
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3
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In the other bowl, whisk the egg whites. When they begin to foam, pour in the last third of the lemon-flavoured sugar.
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4
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Butter the mold and sprinkle with icing sugar.
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5
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In the 1st bowl containing the egg yolks, incorporate the cornstarch using a rubber spatula, lifting the device.
Add the egg whites in several times to the 1st mixture using a spatula, proceeding delicately. |
6
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When the mixture is homogeneous, pour it into the mould.
Bake for 5 minutes at 220°C and then lower to 140°C for 35 minutes. |
7
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Turn out onto a rack to cool.
To serve. |
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