Chocolate Ladyfingers

Name: Chocolate Ladyfingers
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons (2⅓ ounces) sifted cake flour; ⅔ cup granulated or superfine sugar; ⅔ cup granulated or superfine sugar; 2 tablespoons (.4 ounce) sifted unsweetened cocoa powder; 3 large eggs, separated; Additional unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting (optional); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cocolat

By Alice Medrich

Published 1990

About

Ingredients

½ cup plus 3 tablespoons (2⅓ ounces) sifted cake flour
2

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Resift flour and cocoa together twice. Follow the master recipe, but instead of ¼ cup, whisk ⅓ cup granulated sugar with egg yolks. Use the remaining ⅓ cup in step 3. You may sift a little extra cocoa over baked, cooled ladyfingers, if desired.