Biscuit Torte (Biskuittorte)
Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 8 eggs, separated
- 1 lemon, rind of, grated
- 2⁄3 cup flour, sifted
- 2⁄3 cup cornstarch, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (optional)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F Butter and flour a 8" or 9" spring form pan.
- Beat egg yolks with 2 cups sugar and lemon rind until very thick and pale.
- Sift flour and cornstarch together (and baking powder of using).
- Beat the egg whites, when they begin to thicken beat in 1 T sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks will stand.
- Add egg yolk onto egg whites, sprinkle with flour mixture and fold together with a rubber scraper gently but thoroughly.
- Turn batter int prepared pan, bake for about 1 hour, until it springs back when gently pressed with a finger.
- Cool 15 minutes in the pan then turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling.
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