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Sponge Cake (Génoise)

1 eggs : 0.5 sugar : 0.5 flour
by weight
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eggs whole eggs 1
sugar 0.5
flour cake flour, sifted 0.5

Tips

  • Warm eggs and sugar over bain-marie before whipping
  • Whip to ribbon stage (tripled volume)
  • Fold flour very gently to keep air
  • Add melted butter at end for génoise

Sources

  • Ratio by Michael Ruhlman (book)