WINE CAKE WITH MACERATED STRAWBERRIES

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Categories     Wine     Berry     Dessert     Bake     Passover     Quick & Easy     Mother's Day     Strawberry     Kosher     Gourmet     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Dairy Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

For cake:
1/2 cup matzo cake meal
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup medium-dry Concord-grape wine
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature for 30 minutes
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
For strawberries
2 lb strawberries (2 qt), trimmed and quartered (6 cups)
1/4 cup medium-dry Concord-grape wine
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
Passover confectioners sugar
Special Equipment
a 10-inch tube pan (4 1/2 inches deep) with removable bottom

Steps:

  • Make cake:
  • Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Whisk together matzo cake meal, potato starch, and salt in a bowl. Stir together wine and lemon juice in another bowl or a glass measure.
  • Beat yolks in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until smooth, then add zest. Add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating, and beat until mixture is very thick and pale, 2 to 3 minutes.
  • With mixer at low speed, add half of matzo cake meal mixture to yolks, then all of wine mixture. Add remaining matzo meal mixture, mixing until just combined.
  • Beat whites with a pinch of salt in another bowl with cleaned beaters at medium speed until they hold soft peaks. Add remaining 1/4 cup sugar a little at a time, beating, and beat until whites just hold stiff peaks. Fold one fourth of whites into yolk mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
  • Pour batter into ungreased tube pan and rap pan firmly three times on work surface to eliminate any large air bubbles.
  • Bake spongecake until top is golden and springs back when it is pressed gently, 35 to 40 minutes. Immediately turn pan upside down on a rack and cool completely, about 1 hour. Run a knife around inner and outer edges of cake to loosen, then remove from pan.
  • Macerate strawberries:
  • While cake cools, gently stir together strawberries, wine, and sugar until sugar is dissolved, then let stand at least 30 minutes.
  • Dust cake with Passover confectioners sugar and serve with strawberries.

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