There Aurora cake, also known as sponge cake Aurora is a dessert very simple that you can taste like this, simply dusted with icing sugar, or stuffed and how basis for other preparations. A easy recipe suitable for many different occasions.
Ingrediants
- 110 g of eggs at room temperature (about 2 medium eggs)
- 65 g of egg yolks at room temperature (about 4 medium egg yolks)
- 160 g of granulated sugar
- 95 g of flour 00
- 120 g of potato starch
- 105 g of butter
- a few drops of vanilla extract
- powdered sugar for finishing
There Aurora cake also known as Aurora sponge cake or Aurora paste it is a very simple dessert in composition, often used as basic recipe in pastry. It is a cake that is halfway between the classic sponge cake and Genoese Pasta: like those it is a preparation that starts from whipped eggs with sugar but unlike the first it also contains butter and unlike the second, the whipped is not heated.
The result? A delicious one fluffy cake, but more compact and melt-in-your-mouth than the sponge cake, of which it is also less dry. It is more crumbly than both thanks to the presence of potato starch.
There Aurora cake, therefore, it is very good tasted a Breakfast oa snack, even for the little ones, with a cup of milk. Filled with custard, chocolate or jam or covered with icing, ganache and whipped cream, it becomes the most sought after desserts. For example, it is the ideal base for making the Mimosa Cake.
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How to prepare: Aurora cake
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 25 min
- Cooking time
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40 min
- Portions
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8
How to prepare: Aurora cake
The preparation of the Aurora cake starts with the egg whipping. In a bowl, beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer. When you are about half-whipped (you must have obtained a clear mixture) add the egg yolks, lightly beaten with a fork, and vanilla extract while continuing to whip.
When you have obtained a puffy mixture, which “writes” and which will be tripled in volume, add the flour and the potato starch sifted together. Gently mix with a spatula and with movements from the bottom up to not disassemble everything. Finally add the melted butter and brought to a temperature of 40 °.
Pour the mixture into a greased and floured 22 cm diameter springform pan or lined with parchment paper. Level and cook in a preheated oven at 180 ° for about 40 minutes, checking the cooking with a toothpick at the end. Remove from the oven.
Allow the Aurora cake to cool completely before taking it out of the oven and use it as a base for another recipe or serve it dusted with icing sugar.
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