ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE (PAN DI SPAGNA)

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Provided by Francine Segan

Categories     Cake     Bake

Yield Makes enough for two 9-inch/23-centimeter round thin cake layers, or one 9-inch/23-centimeter round thick cake layer

Number Of Ingredients 8

Butter and flour for the pan
Eggs, 4 large
Sugar, 1 cup (8 ounces/225 grams) plus 2 tablespoons
Egg yolks, 8 large
00 flour, 1 7/8 cups (7 ounces/200 grams)
Potato starch or cornstarch, 1/4 cup (1 ounce/30 grams)
Pure vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons
Grated zest of 1/2 lemon

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly butter and flour one or two 9- or 10-inch (23- to 25-centimeter) springform cake pans.
  • Combine the whole eggs and sugar in a stand mixer and beat on high speed for 15 minutes, until the mixture quadruples in volume.
  • Add the egg yolks and beat on high speed for 5 minutes. The mixture should be thick enough to write with. Sift the flour and potato starch gradually into the egg-sugar mixture, incorporating a little at a time, mixing each inclusion of flour delicately with a spatula, scooping from the bottom up, so you do not deflate the eggs. Mix in the vanilla and lemon zest until just blended, then divide the batter between the prepared pans.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes, until light golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Do not overbake. It will dry and set as it cools.
  • Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool to room temperature.

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