Chocolate Genoese sponge

Name: Chocolate Genoese sponge
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 20 g (¾ oz) cocoa powder; 80 g (2¾ oz) plain flour; 120 g (4 oz) raspberry jam; 20 g (¾ oz) clarified butter, melted but cooled; 50 g (1¾ oz) fresh raspberries, for decoration; icing sugar, to dust; 100 g (3¼ oz) caster sugar; 4 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

A lovely light sponge named after the city of Genoa, in Italy. It differs from an ordinary sponge in that the eggs are beaten whole, rather than being separated into yolks and whites.

Ingredients

4 eggs
100 g (3¼ oz) caster sugar

Europe
Italy
Genoa
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Grease and flour a 20 cm (8 inch