Passover Sponge Cake (Plava) recipe

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Ingredients

9 egg whites
9 egg yolks
1 ⅓ cups confectioners' sugar
1 ½ lemons, juiced
½ cup potato flour
½ cup matzo cake meal

Nutrition Info

179.9 calories
carbohydrate: 20.9 g
cholesterol: 396.6 mg
fat: 8.6 g
fiber: 1 g
protein: 6 g
saturatedFat: 3.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 19.1 mg
sugar: 11.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Beat whites until stiff. Beat in confectioners' sugar. Beat together yolks and lemon juice: fold yolk mixture into egg whites. Fold in potato flour and matzo meal. Pour batter into ungreased tube pan.

  2. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for approximately 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

1 tube cake

Recipe Note

A light lemon sponge cake, suitable for Passover. A good use for that leftover matzo meal too.

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