Plain or White Génoise

Name: Plain or White Génoise
Yield: One 9 x 2-inch-deep round layer
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ cup cornstarch; 3 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks; ½ cup cake flour or unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ cup cake flour or unbleached all-purpose flour; Pinch of salt; 3 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks; ¾ cup sugar

Preparation info

One
9 x 2 inch -deep round layer

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

Use this cake layer in any of the recipes that call for it in this chapter. Though this calls for a round cake layer, see variations at the end of the recipe for instructions on preparing a rectangular sheet.

Ingredients

½ cup cake flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup cornstarch
3

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
Combine the cake flour and cornstarch and stir well to mix. Sift once and set aside. Whisk the eggs and yolks in the bowl of an electric mixer. Whisk in the sugar in a stream, then