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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 6 Minutes |
Ready In: 6 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Soft,delicate little sponge cakes filled with tangy lemon & sweet cream. Wonderful with a cup of tea Ingredients:
2 eggs |
1/2 cup caster sugar ( ex-fine berry sugar) |
1/2 cup self-raising flour |
1 tblspn corn starch |
1 tblspn hot water |
fillings |
lemon curd |
sweetened whipped cream. |
whipped cream |
1 pint (250ml) carton whipping cream |
1 tblspn icing sugar |
cream stabilizer (optional) |
whip cream in small mixing bowl with stabilizer til thick |
add icing sugar & continue to whip til peaks form. |
note:- 'dr.oetker ' brand makes a whipping cream stabilizer called 'whip it'. just a small pkg you can buy in the grocery store. i use it when i want my cream to keep its shape. for fillings or frosting a cake etc. wonderful stuff |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325F (160C)
2. Sprinkle at least 2 cookie sheets with corn starch
3. Sift flour & corn starch together 3 times. set aside
4. Separate eggs.
5. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
6. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition
7. Add egg yolks & continue beating until pale, thick & glossy
8. Lightly fold flour mixture & hot water thoroughly into egg mixture with a metal spoon
9. Spoon even sized mounds of batter on to cookie sheets. Leave room between as it will spread as it cooks. A large tablespn will make about 14 - 16 rounds. Make even number of rounds.
10. Do not spread or flatten the mounds or they will be flat after they are cooked. Just push the batter off the tblspn with a knife or teaspn.
11. Bake for 6 mins. Do Not Overbake.Underneath the edges should be slighly golden
12. Carefully remove the rounds & place on wire racks to completely cool.
13. When cool, spread one round with lemon curd & another with whipped cream & sandwich together. Repeat with all rounds. sprinkle lightly with icing sugar.
14. The rounds should be slightly puffy. If they do go flat you can still use them the same way but they will be a little more chewy.
15. note:- Should be eaten the same day . They don't store well, especially in a sealed container.
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