HUNGARIAN SPONGE CAKE... Helen Furik

HUNGARIAN SPONGE CAKE...

Recipe from a Church fundraising book (Ukrainian) 1960's. Recipe is by Helen Furik her recipe will live on for all of us to enjoy.

Ingredients: 

• 8 Eggs at room temperature
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 rounded tsp of sifted pastry flour
• 8 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp cold water

Beat egg yolks until lemon colored add the sugar, water, and lemon juice. Mix until thick. Add 3 tsp of flour and mix. Beat egg whites with the salt until very stiff. Very carefully fold whites into yolk mixture, Last add remaining flour and fold whites into the yolk mixture. Bake in 9" layers at 350. 

Lady Finger Chocolate Cake

Ty Fedak

 

Lady Finger Chocolate Cake

Very easy and quick to make.
- 20 or so whole (unbroken) lady finger sponge cakes
- 1 cup of rum (or a flavored liquor, like cherry)
- Chocolate icing

Pour rum into a pie plate. Place lady fingers one at a time into the plate and let it absorb some rum. Don't wait too long or they will crumble. After dipping, line up 4 or 5 cakes on another side plate. Spread a thing layer of chocolate between fingers. Dip another 4 or 5 cakes and place across (90 degrees) on top of first layer. Repeat with thin layer of chocolate. Repeat stacking another layer- always rotating 90 degrees between layers. Go as high as you dare, but it's usually 4 layers. Once done, sprinkle rum on top layer, then spread chocolate frosting over top and sides.
I guess you could also alternate rum soaked fingers on one layer and flavored liquor on the next layer.

Once you eat this, you will forget all about Tiramisu.