Greek sponge cake (pantespani)

16 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Sugar
5 Eggs; separated
½ pounds Butter; melted
1 cup Flour
1 Orange; juice and grated rind of
4 teaspoons Baking powder
2 cups Water
1 cup Sugar
2 Jiggers orange curacao; OR
2 teaspoons Orange extract

Directions

SYRUP

Beat sugar and egg yolks well. Stir in melted butter, the rind and juice of orange, flour and baking powder. Carefully fold in egg whites, stiffly beaten. Pour into a buttered 8x10 or 9x9" baking pan. Bake at 375 F. for 10 minutes; lower oven temperature to 350 F. and bake for 30 mins. longer or until cake tests done. Cool. Pour hot syrup over the cake. Cut into squares or diamon-shaped pieces. Syrup: Combine water and sugar; bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add orange curacao or orange extract. Makes 16 servings. The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, favorite recipes compiled by the Philoptochos Society of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Florida, 1981 MC formatting by bobbi744@...

Recipe by: The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, subm. by Fran Hadjilogiou Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #817 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Sep 28, 1997

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