Ladyfingers

There is, perhaps, no cake more ethereal, exquisitely plain, or purely delightful as a homemade ladyfinger. I have used ladyfingers as components for several of the recipes here, but they also shine on their own. When I was a child, my grandmother sometimes served them to me with a glass of milk as a special afternoon treat.

Because the delicate piped batter is baked freeform, it must be firm enough to maintain an attractive shape. In order to achieve the ideal consistency, the egg