Nick Malgieri

Genoise Sponge Cake

Essential Technique

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    one

    23 cm layer about 6cm high
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Bake!

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2010

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Ingredients

  • 4 medium eggs
  • 2 medium egg yolks (save the whites for buttercream or meringue)
  • 140 g

Method

  1. Set a rack in the centre of the oven and preheat to 180°C/gas mark 4.
  2. Whisk the eggs, yolks, sugar, salt and vanilla together by hand in the bowl of an electric mixer.
  3. Set the bowl over a saucepan of gently boiling water and slowly whisk unti