Sponge pastry
Ingredients:
3 Eggs
3 - 4 tbsp Water, hot
150 g Sugar
1 pkt of Vanilla sugar
100 g Flour of type 405
100 g Corn starch
2-3 levelled tsp of Baking powder
Oven:
Shelf height:
2
Heating:
E: Upper and lower heat
175 - 200°
G: Mark 2 - 3
(preheat for 5 minutes)
Baking time:
20 - 30 minutes
Sponge pastry
Preparation:
• Line the bottom of a springform pan (diameter:
28 cm) with baking paper.
• Do not grease the edge, as the surface will then
not be evenly smooth and browned..
• Whisk the whole eggs in the mixing bowl and
add the hot water.
• Then beat the mixture at the highest level with
the whisk for about 1 minute until fluffy.
• Stir in the sugar and vanilla sugar and beat the
mixture for a further two minutes at the highest
level.
• Mix the flour, cornstarch and baking powder
together and sift half of it onto the creamed eggs,
then briefly stir everything at Level 1.
• Then stir in the remaining flour in the same way
and fill the pastry into the prepared springform.
• Bake it at once.
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