It is impossible to prepare a lush and airy cake without sponge cake. Of course, the exception to this saying is the Napoleon cake. However, it is difficult to find desserts similar to Napoleon.
Basically, good cakes are prepared with the obligatory condition in the form of a sugar-soaked crust. The sponge for the crust was invented by English confectioners.
But the English borrowed the recipe for biscuits from the Persians. The fact is that according to some assumptions puffy sweet bread was baked in VII century BC in Persia
. The idea of cooking sponge cake for desserts was liked by pastry chefs all over the world. We want to give you a recipe for making an Italian cake consisting of a lush sweet sponge cake.
Ingredients for Italian cake 12 spoons:
- eggs – 3 pcs;
- leavening agent – 10 g;
- sugar – 12 tbsp;
- flour – 12 tbsp;
- salt – a pinch;
- lemon – ½ pc;
- vegetable oil – 12 tbsp;
- milk – 12 tbsp.
Preparation of Italian cake 12 spoons:
In a bowl with eggs pour granulated sugar and salt, whisk the components until completely dissolved. Pour vegetable oil and milk into the egg mixture. Grind
the top layer of lemon peel – zest – on small grating cutters. Squeeze half of the lemon to get the juice. Add the zest and juice to the egg mixture, beat the ingredients for half a minute.
Pour the baking powder and flour into the mixture, mix thoroughly to a biscuit dough
.
Form (20 cm in diameter) cover with baking paper, pour the dough into it.
Get rid of air bubbles in the dough, you can tap the mold on the table. Bake the biscuit at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
To decorate the cake, we recommend using powdered sugar. The dessert turns out unpretentious, but quick, fluffy and flavorful.
