Genoese Sponge
Origin: Genoa, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 200 g sugar
- 150 g butter
- 170 g potato flour (starch)
- 110 g wheat flour
- 12 egg yolks
- 7 egg whites
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Work the yolks with butter and sugar, add the flours, and work half an hour.
- Fold in whipped whites and bake thin in a prepared tray.
- Cut into diamonds and dust with icing sugar.