Genoise

Name: Genoise
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters sifted cake flour; 4 eggs; 1 pinch salt; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters white sugar

Genoise might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 218 calories, 6g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, butter, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8 inch round cake pan. Line with parchment paper and grease it as well. Lightly flour pan and paper.

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All Purpose Flour

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Sift together the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt onto a piece of wax paper.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Wax Paper

Place the eggs into a mixing bowl set over a pan of hot (not boiling) water.

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Water

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

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Add the 1/2 cup sugar to the eggs and whisk until the mixture feels warm (not hot) to the touch, about body temperature.

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Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Place the bowl onto a mixer and beat on medium speed until the mixture becomes pale yellow in color and falls off the end of the whisk attachment in long ribbons.

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Blender

Whisk

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Add the vanilla.

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Vanilla

Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture to the beaten egg and fold in. Continue to add the remainder of the flour, folding it in each time.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

Place about 1 cup of the batter into the bowl containing the melted butter and combine the butter with the batter.

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Butter

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Add this back to the main batter and fold it in.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

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Immediately bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 25 minutes or until the top is a light brown. Cool in pan on a rack about 10 minutes and then invert onto a rack. It is best to invert it again onto another rack so that it cools with the top up.

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Let cool completely before cutting or frosting.

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Frosting