Butter Sponge For French Pastry Recipe

Butter Sponge For French Pastry Recipe

Ingredients:

1/8 tsp of salt
1 Tbsp of lime juice
1/3 c of sugar
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of lemon zest
6 Tbsps of flour
3.5 Tbsps of butter; melted
3 whole yolks
1 whole egg
2 & 1/4 Tbsps of cornstarch

Instructions:

In a double boiler, beat together sugar and eggs. When temperature reaches 95 degrees F, take off from heat and continue beating ’till stiff and cooled down.

Sift together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Mix in the juice then zest of lemon. Add the butter constantly stirring the mixture. Fold into the egg mixture.

Decant onto a greased baking pan and bake for twenty minutes (375 degrees F). Transfer to a wire rack to cool then cut to squares. Dust with icing sugar or top with preferred icing.

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