Passover Chocolate Sponge Cake
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 8 eggs separated
- 1 & 1/4 cups sugar
- 5 Tablespoons cocoa
- 2 & 1/2 Tablespoons potato starch
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F / 180° C.
- Use a large 10 “tube pan.
- Separate the eggs, putting the yolks into one bowl and the whites into another. Beat the white until nearly stiff, then add into it half the sugar, continuing to beat all the while. Turn off the beaters and set the whites aside.
- Beat the yolks until thick, add in the remaining sugar and beat until creamy. Add in the cocoa and potato starch and beat just another minute or two until they are incorporated. Turn off the beaters.
- Fold both mixtures together by hand. While folding, if the batter seems too liquidy, you may add in a bit more potato starch. Pour this into your prepared tube pan.
- Bake for 50 -75 minutes, checking to make sure it does not burn. When done, remove the cake from the oven to a wire rack. Leave it to sit for 15 minutes. Prepare a large piece of foil, lined with one or two paper towels on it.
- TIP! Leave this to cool in the pan, balanced on its SIDE so it does not fall out of the pan, nor fall down in the pan!
- After it has cooled somewhat for the first 15 minutes, slide a long, sharp knife around its edges, as well as the innermost edges. Carefully lift up the pan and flip it over onto the prepared foil/ paper towels. Remove the pan. Leave the cake to sit until it is more cooled, then wrap it up gently and freeze until the day of use.
- Recipe excerpted with permission from Tamar Ansh’s popular adult Pesach cookbook, Pesach – Anything’s Possible! (Menucha Publishers), a GLUTEN FREE, non gebrochs Pesach cookbook with over 350 great recipes, photos & tips. Available everywhere Pesach books are sold and online via her website www.TamarAnsh.com
I have always been told to turn the pan upside down while cooling. My parents use to hang all of the sponge cakes upside down hanging from soda bottles.. Would turning it completely upside down work while cooling?
What is potato starch?
It is just like cornstarch but made from potatoes. It is readily available around Passover
I will ask the author if she has thoughts on this, but did the weather change significantly? Sometimes that can play a role
I made this yesterday but the whole cake fell in on itself (so it was only 2′ tall). I am not sure what I did wrong. The last two days I successfully made a lemon sponge cake without any issues.
From the author – I let it rest in the pan on its side while cooling down so the cake will not fall.
When I remove the cake from the pan, I place it on paper towels and then into a large piece of foil. I wrap it really gently so as not to squish the cake and then freeze it.
I am not understanding where the tin foil, paper towels come in. Beside saying to prepare,it doesn’t say what to do with it. Also, tip on the side???
Tamar, I did try this cake and it is delicious. Thank you so much, and happy Pesach to you and your family too! for 2015!
That’s great and I hope you enjoy it as well. Have a wonderful Pesach!
Tamar Ansh
I will be trying out the delicious looking and sounding chocolate sponge cake. I like to cook, but have to confess, I LOVE to bake (and eat it too!)