How to bake a perfect biscuit - secrets of cooking an airy dessert

Iryna MelnichenkoLS Food
Sponge cake
Sponge cake. Source: pixabay.com.

Autumn is the perfect time to prepare many delicious dishes with the addition of ripe fruits. One of them is - everyone's favorite delicate and light biscuit. Its base will be just perfect for a lush pie with airy cream and raspberries, apples, plums or pears. On the basis of sponge cake you can prepare cakes, decorating them with mousse. The most important thing is to prepare the dough correctly, it is on it that the flavor of the future dish depends completely.

Today FoodOboz editorial staff shares the main secrets of cooking the perfect biscuit, as well as - a recipe, thanks to which your dessert will be amazing.

Secrets:

  1. <b>Be sure to sift the flour twice or even three times</b>, so that it is saturated with oxygen.
  2. <b>Eggs:</b> Be sure to separate the eggs into whites and yolks. Beat them separately with sugar, the yolks should be light and increase in color during cooking. It is very important - combine the whites with the yolks.
  3. <b>How to mix the dough correctly</b>: this is an extremely important moment, do not take a spoon for this, but a whisk, it will not let the whites "fall" and make your dough airy, light and rich.
  4. <b>How to bake</b>: the biscuit should be sent only to a preheated oven, baking molds must be greased with oil, so that the dough does not stick to the sides.

Recipe for airy sponge cake

How to prepare biscuit dough properly

Ingredients:

  • chicken eggs - 4 pcs
  • flour - 100 g
  • sugar - 150 g
  • vanilla sugar - 1 tsp.

Method of preparation:

  1. Separate the eggs so that the yolks do not get into the whites.
  2. Add half of all the sugar and all the vanilla sugar to the yolks.
  3. With a mixer on maximum speed, beat the yolks for 5-7 minutes until thick and light in color.
  4. Add 1/3 of the egg whites to the yolks and mix gently until smooth.
  5. Add half of the flour mixture and mix again gently.
  6. Transfer the finished dough into a mold and send it to a preheated oven to 180 C and bake for 40 minutes.
  7. Then - take the finished pie out of the oven and leave to cool, and after that - take out of the mold.
How to bake the perfect biscuit

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