Honey-Walnut Sponge Roll
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup warm honey
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 10-by-15-inch jellyroll pan with butter or margarine, and line it with a sheet of waxed paper cut to fit the width and extending a few inches at either end.
- Grease the paper.
- Sift together the flour, half the walnuts, the baking powder and salt.
- Set aside.
- Beat the eggs at high speed until they become very thick and light, like softly whipped cream.
- Gradually beat in the granulated sugar.
- Fold in the flour mixture.
- Spread the batter in the pan and bake about 20 minutes, until puffed and golden brown.
- Quickly run a knife around the edges of the pan.
- Heavily dust a clean linen towel or a large sheet of waxed paper with sifted confectioners' sugar and invert the cake, along with the pan, onto the surface.
- Lift the pan off and peel off the wax paper.
- Spread the cake with the warm honey and sprinkle with the remaining ground walnuts.
- Using one end of the towel or waxed paper for leverage, roll the cake up from the narrow side and transfer it to a serving platter.
- Allow to cool.
- Before serving, dust the top with sifted confectioners' sugar.
cake flour, ground walnuts, baking powder, salt, eggs, granulated sugar, confectioners, honey
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9860 (may not work)