Passover Orange Sponge Cake Food

PASSOVER ORANGE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Sift together matzo cake meal, potato starch and salt, 3 times; set aside.
• In large mixing bowl beat egg yolks until thick. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and orange rind. Continue beating until thick and fluffy. Fold in sifted dry ingredients.
• In separate bowl beat egg whites until foamy. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar gradually. Beat until stiff peaks form. Fold egg yolk mixture into egg whites.
• Spoon into ungreased 10-inch springform tube pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Invert pan until cake is cool.

PASSOVER LEMON SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch angel food cake pan.
• Beat the egg yolks into a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until frothy. Gradually add the sugar until completely incorporated. Beat in the orange juice, lemon zest, and orange zest. Sift the potato flour and matzo cake meal together in a bowl; gently stir into the egg yolk mixture.
• Beat the egg whites in a bowl with the salt using an electric mixer on high speed until stiff and shiny. Use a rubber spatula to fold 1/3 of the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. Gently run the spatula through the center of the mixture, then around the sides of the bowl, repeating until fully incorporated. Add the remaining egg whites, folding until just incorporated. Gently pour the batter into the prepared angel food cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is set and lightly browned, about 1 hour. Remove from oven, invert the pan, and let cool completely before removing the cake from the pan.

PASSOVER SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat egg yolks with sugar, soda, and lemon juice on medium high for 3 minutes.
• Gradually add the potato starch and cake meal. Set aside.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold yolk mixture into whites.
• Add lemon zest. Beat for 2 minutes.
• Pour into an ugreased large tube pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Invert until completely cool. Run a knife arond the cake and remove from pan.

AUNT IDA'S PASSOVER SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift cake meal and potato starch together and set aside.
• Add oil and vanilla to egg yolks.
• Add sugar and salt while beating.
• Continuing to beat, add orange juice alternately with sifted dry ingredients.
• Beat some more until creamy.
• Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold into egg yolk mixture.
• Pour batter to about 1 1/2" from the top of an ungreased 10" tube pan (an angel-food cake pan, with removable sides.) Bake at 325 degrees F.
• for 50-60 minutes.
• (There will be enough batter left over for an additional 8" or 9" round cake.) Invert to cool (important so cake won't collapse!).

EASY PASSOVER CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 7-inch round cake pan with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the margarine or butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. Separate the eggs and beat in the yolks only. Sift in the cake meal, potato flour, and baking powder, and fold in carefully. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form. Add a spoonful of the egg white to the cake batter and mix in thoroughly. Now fold in the rest of the eggs whites, taking care not to knock out any air. Spoon the mixture into your prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until risen and golden.
• After the cake has cooled, slice in half horizontally and spread the bottom half with jam. Replace the top half and sprinkle superfine sugar over the top.

PASSOVER SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with margarine. Dust pan with matzo meal; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg yolks on medium-high speed with 1/4 cup sugar until thickened, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Wash and dry the mixer bowl and the whisk attachment.
• Place egg whites and salt in mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed with whisk attachment until soft peaks form. With machine running, slowly pour in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar; continue beating until stiff and glossy, about 3 minutes. Fold egg whites and orange zest into yolk mixture. Sift potato starch over the mixture, and fold in.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let cool 15 minutes.

PASSOVER SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut parchment paper to line the bottom of a 10 inch tube pan. Do not grease the pan.
• In a medium bowl, whip egg yolks until light. Gradually add 1 cup sugar and orange zest; continue whipping until thick and pale, about 7 minutes. Sift together the matzo cake meal and potato starch; set aside. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, continuing to beat until whites form stiff peaks. Fold the dry ingredients into the yolk mixture alternately with the juice. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cake springs back to the touch. Invert onto a wire rack to cool. Run a knife around the sides of the cake before removing from the pan.