Minted Summer Fruit Spongecakes
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 pint blackberries, washed and shaken dry
- 1 mango, pitted and cut into 3/4-inch chunks
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup packed mint leaves, thinly sliced
- Sour cream, for garnish
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line eight 1/2-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
- In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water whisk together eggs and sugar until sguar is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and with a hand-held mixer beat mixture at moderately high speed until doubled in volume, about 3 minutes.
- Sift flour, cornstarch, and a pinch of salt over egg mixtrue and fold in gently but thoroughly.
- Drizzle butter over batter and fold in gently but thoroughly.
- Divide batter among muffin tins and bake in middle of oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until pale golden brown.
- Cool spongecakes in tins on a rack 10 minutes.
- Remove spongecakes from tins and cool completely.
- In a bowl combine the strawberries, mango, lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of sugar and mint and toss to combine.
- Let fruit stand for 20 minutes, taste and add more sugar if necessary.
- Peel off paper liners from spongecakes and halve horizontally.
- Serve halved spongecakes with fruit and juices, garnishing with sour cream.
eggs, sugar, flour, cornstarch, unsalted butter, blackberries, mango, lemon juice, sugar, mint, sour cream
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/minted-summer-fruit-spongecakes-recipe0.html (may not work)