Estonian Egg White Cake

Summary

Yield
Servings
Prep time1 hour
Recipe TypesSnacks and Treats

Description

Rich, but light textured cake uses up egg whites easily.

Ingredients

Instructions

6 large egg whites

1 cup caster (bakers fine sugar, not powdered) sugar

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 heaped tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 stick melted butter, slightly cooled

 

Whisk egg whites with  2 tablespoons of the sugar until thick and pale and very foamy.  Mix the rest of the sugar with flour, cornstarch and baking powder, then sift or sprinkly in the egg mixture and fold in gently.  Finally fold in cooled but still melted butter. 

Pour batter into a buttered bundt pan.  Bake at 355F for 35-40 minutes.  Test for doneness with toothpick.  Cool 5

minutes before turning out of pan.

KathleenM

Notes

I needed to do something with a lot of egg whites left over from an eggs benedict breakfast session.  This recipe passed the husband and foodie neighbors test!

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We need to get together. I toss yolks and use whites and you use yolks!

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