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Ladyfingers

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Today, we have a fun little cookie-like recipe: Ladyfingers! Actually, ladyfingers are more cake-like in their preparation, but since the resulting product is typically thin and dry, it passes more for a cookie. That being said, this is a great way to enjoy cake in a more bite-sized and also crunchy fashion, though it's more usual to see these used within another dessert, such as Tiramisu or Charlotte cake, for example.

Ladyfingers


Makes about 36 ladyfingers

Ingredients:

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 20 grams sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar
  • 30 grams sugar
  • 40 grams cake flour
  • 10 grams corn starch
  • Powdered sugar

Directions:

  1. Separate the yolks and whites of two eggs into two bowls.
  2. In the bowl with the egg yolks, add 20 grams of sugar and whisk until it is pale and thickened.
  3. Whisk the egg whites in their bowl. After they have been whipped up a little, add the lemon juice/vinegar and slowly add in the sugar and mix. Whisk until it reaches stiff peaks.
  4. Gently and slowly fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg white mixture until even.
  5. Sift the cake flour and corn starch into this mixture and evenly incorporate it.
  6. Put the batter into a piping bag and cut a slit about 1 centimeter from the tip. If you want larger ladyfingers, you can cut the slit a little higher up.

  7. On a baking pan, pipe out about three inches of batter for each ladyfinger.

  8. Sprinkle some powdered sugar over the pan.

  9. Bake in the oven at 350°F for 8 minutes. Then, lower the temperature to 300°F and bake for another 10-15 minutes depending on the consistency that you want.

Because of how the ladyfingers are baked to be dry, they become suitable for soaking in various liquids in preparation to be used in other desserts, such as espresso in a tiramisu. For Charlotte cakes, it's the key decorative element as you line the perimeter of the cake with the ladyfingers. It's like adding cake on top of cake, but it adds a bit of fun texture, and it looks great!

-Chefpo

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