Easy Homemade Sponge Fingers
For the best tiramisu or trifle you should try making your own sponge fingers. They are easier to make than you might think!
Ingredients
Serves: 48
- 4 eggs, separated
- 2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:8min ›
Ready in:38min
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Line two 30x45cm baking trays with baking paper. Fit a large pastry bag with a plain round tube.
- Place egg whites in bowl and beat on high until soft peaks start to form. Slowly add 2 tablespoons of the sugar and continue beating until stiff and glossy.
- In another bowl beat egg yolks and remaining sugar. Whip until thick and very pale in colour.
- Sift flour and baking powder. Fold half the egg white whites into the egg yolk mixture. Fold in flour, and then add the remaining egg whites.
- Transfer mixture to the pastry bag and pipe sponge fingers, about 10-15cm in lenght, out onto prepared baking trays.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes or until firm to touch and golden in colour.
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Reviews (5)
Used different ingredients. Very good -- the only thing I would suggest is the importance of a bit of vanilla (1/2 tsp) to give great flavour - 21 Jul 2008
Something else. Possibly the easiest recipe I have found for these. They turned out great. I baked mine a little longer on insulated baking trays, to get a drier biscuit for tiramisu. These would be great in a lot of layered desserts. - 21 Jul 2008
This recipe didn't work perfectly for me - however, I think it was due to the room temp when i was mixing and piping - little too hot - and the fingers spread out and turned out rather gummy. However, I saved a little batter in the fridge; I piped and baked a few fingers the next day and wonderful -- Poofy and cakey, as they should be. So if you notice a first try goes flat, try cooling the batter and trying again later. - 21 Jul 2008
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