Traditional Savoie cake

 Traditional Savoie cake

Also known as ‘Biscuit de Savoie’. This cake is very simple to make, and uses ingredients you probably already have in your cupboard. You can substitute part of the flour with corn or potato starch, this will make the cake even lighter. I have also seen others who add almond flakes in the bottom of the pan before baking, while others use orange flower water instead of a citrus zest.

 

Ingredients:

-          4 eggs

-          150 g sugar

-          150 g flour (Try 100 g flour/50 g Potato starch)

-          A pinch of salt

-          Zest of a lemon, or orange

 

-          Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until it forms stiff peaks.

-          Cream egg yolks with sugar, until light and creamy.

-          Add the zest of a lemon in the egg mixture.

-          Gently fold in the egg white in the egg mixture, while you sift in the flour little, by little.

-          Pour into a greased pan and bake for 30 mn at 180 degrees.

-          Decorate with icing sugar.

 

Traditional Gateau de Savoie