Posted on Friday, October 2, 2015 in
Cake Recipes
Gorete's Portuguese Sponge Cake (Pão de Lo)
Gorete's Portuguese sponge cake (pão de lo), a light and airy textured sponge cake. It tastes like the ones I used to buy at a Portuguese bakery.
| Preparation time | 25 min |
| Cooking Time | 40 min |
| Ready In | 1 h 5 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
Ingredients
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Grease and parchment paper line a 10 inch tube pan, set aside.
- Beat the eggs with the salt until light. Gradually beat in the sugar at medium speed and beat for at least 20 minutes, add rind if using.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour and baking powder and stir with a fork or whisk. At low speed, add the flour mixture to the eggs one heaping tablespoon at a time, blending well after each addition, and scraping down the sides of the bowl when necessary.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean (cake will spring back to a light touch).
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and peel off parchment paper. Let cool completely on rack. Dust with icing sugar before serving if desired.
Recipe & Photo Credit: Chef Gorete, Food.com
Portuguese Honey and Walnut Cake
This delicious Portuguese honey and walnut cake (bolo de mel, noz e azeite), takes less then 45 minutes to make.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
Lemon Cake with Icing (Bolo de Limão)
This lemon cake with icing recipe (bolo de limão com cobertura), is very easy to prepare and makes an incredibly delicious dessert.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
Delicious Honey, Walnut and Yogurt Cake
This delicious honey, walnut and yogurt cake recipe (receita de bolo de mel e nozes), makes a very tasty cake.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
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