Passover Spongecake with Apples
- 1/2 cup matzo cake meal
- 1/4 cup potato starch
- 6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 Golden Delicious apples, peeled and thinly sliced
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Sift cake meal with potato starch.
- Beat together yolks and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until pale and very thick.
- Stir in zest and juice.
- Beat whites with salt in another bowl with cleaned beaters on high speed until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in 1/4 cup sugar and beat until whites just hold stiff, glossy peaks.
- Fold cake-meal mixture into yolk mixture, then fold in whites in 3 batches.
- Stir together remaining tablespoon sugar and cinnamon.
- Spoon one third of batter into an ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
- Top with half of apple slices and sprinkle with half of cinnamon sugar.
- Repeat with half of remaining batter and remaining apples and cinnamon sugar.
- Gently spread remaining batter over apples, smoothing top.
- Bake cake in middle of oven until top is golden and firm and a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then loosen edge with a knife and remove side of pan.
- Cool completely.
matzo cake meal, potato starch, eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, cinnamon, golden delicious apples
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/passover-spongecake-with-apples-103344 (may not work)