Fresh Apricot-Honey Sponge Cake (Russian Style)

Name: Fresh Apricot-Honey Sponge Cake (Russian Style)
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Eastern European, European
Ingredients: 10 fresh apricots, pitted and sliced; 0 teaspoons baking powder; 3 Tbsps bread crumbs; 1 Tbsp butter, plus more for pan; 3 larges eggs, separated; 94 grams all-purpose flour; 113 milliliters honey; 2 Tbsps milk; 29 grams crushed walnuts; 200 grams white sugar

Fresh Apricot-Honey Sponge Cake (Russian Style) is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 283 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of Eastern European food. A couple people really liked this dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes. Head to the store and pick up honey, baking powder, butter, and a few other things to make it today. Fresh Apricot-Honey Sponge Cake (Russian Style), Chocolate Sponge Cake With Fresh Fruit, and Russian Honey Cake are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch cake pan with butter, and dust with bread crumbs; set aside.

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Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.

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Butter

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Add the sliced apricots, and drizzle with honey. Cover, and cook gently until the apricots have softened, then allow to cool to room temperature.

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Apricot

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Meanwhile, beat the egg whites to soft peaks with an electric mixer. Slowly pour in sugar while continuing to beat to stiff peaks; set aside.

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Beat the egg yolks on low speed for a few seconds until slightly thickened. Slowly pour in sugar while continuing to beat until thickened and light-colored. Beat in milk, then sift together flour with baking powder, and fold into yolks along with cooled apricot mixture, walnuts, and egg whites until combined.

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Pour into prepared pan, and bake in the middle or bottom of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Loosen the cake by running a knife around the edges of the pan. Invert cake onto a plate, then place another plate on the cake bottom, and flip right-side-up; cool completely before serving.

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