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Passover Sponge Cake Recipe You Gonna Love

Bright and tender orange lemon sponge cake made in a pressure cooker, perfect for Passover.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 250 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure cooker with rack
  • 1 Tube or bundt pan

Ingredients
  

Main ingredients

  • 9 Eggs large, separated yolks and whites
  • 1 Lemon zest and juice, reserve 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon juice
  • 250 grams Sugar divided, about 1¼ cups
  • 63 grams Passover cake meal ½ cup
  • 95 grams Potato starch ½ cup
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt table salt or fine sea salt
  • 62 grams Orange juice at room temperature, ¼ cup
  • Grease and flour for your tube or bundt pan
  • 1 Toothpick for testing doneness

Instructions
 

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease and flour your tube or bundt pan.
  • Separate your 9 eggs into two bowls.
  • In the yolk bowl, use half the sugar, about 125 grams, and whisk with yolks until pale and fluffy.
  • Add the lemon zest, reserved lemon juice, and orange juice to the yolk mixture and blend well.
  • Mix the cake meal, potato starch, and salt. Stir into yolk mixture just till combined.
  • Beat egg whites with a mixer until soft peaks form.
  • Add the remaining sugar gradually to the egg whites and beat till stiff and glossy peaks form.
  • Gently fold egg whites into batter in three parts.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan and shake to even the batter.
  • Place pan on rack inside pressure cooker, add enough water to avoid touching the pan.
  • Seal the lid, cook on high heat until valve hisses, then reduce to low and cook for 30 minutes.
  • Let it naturally release before opening the lid, then remove your cake.

Notes

Serve as a Passover dessert with a lovely lemon-orange flavor. Great warm or at room temperature.