Grilled Sponge Cake with Peach and Cherry Compote
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 8 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 8 egg whites
- 1/3 cup sugar
- Peach and Cherry Compote, recipe follows
- Whipped cream, for serving, optional
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla, whisking until smooth and frothy.
- Add the lemon zest and juice and whisk until well combined.
- In a separate larger mixing bowl, sift the cake flour and salt together; a fine-mesh sieve works well for this.
- Gingerly and gradually fold the egg yolk mixture into the sifted flour.
- In another mixing bowl, beat egg whites on high speed with a hand mixer until just frothy.
- Continue beating while gradually adding the sugar.
- Beat on high until soft peaks form.
- Gently fold beaten egg whites into batter, making sure not to deflate the air bubbles in the whites.
- Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan and bake in the center of the oven for 45 minutes.
- Cool, upside down, in pan.
- Preheat the grill and make sure it is very clean.
- Cut the cooled cake into 8 slices, and then grill on both sides until nicely toasted on outside but still soft and moist on the inside, about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side, depending on how hot your grill is.
- Serve cake slices with cooled fruit compote and whipped cream, if desired.
- Peach and Cherry Compote:
- 1 (16-ounce) bag frozen peaches
- 2 (10-ounce) bags frozen cherries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 small orange, zested and juiced
- In a medium, heavy-bottomed, non-reactive saucepan, combine frozen fruit, sugar, water, and orange zest and juice in a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to low and cook for another 25 to 30 minutes or until thick.
- Let cool and then refrigerate until ready to use.
sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, lemon, cake flour, salt, egg whites, sugar, cream
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/grilled-sponge-cake-with-peach-and-cherry-compote-recipe.html (may not work)