Passover Chocolate Sponge Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Spray a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray.
• Sift matzo cake meal with potato starch into a bowl; set aside.
• Place egg yolks into a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light, about 3 minutes.
• Slowly beat 1 cup sugar into the egg yolks; continue beating until mixture is thick and pale, about 5 more minutes. Beat cocoa powder into the egg yolk mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Beat egg whites with an electric mixer fitted with clean beaters in a separate bowl until foamy. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar and continue to beat until egg whites hold stiff peaks.
• Lightly stir matzo cake meal mixture and coffee into egg yolk-cocoa mixture.
• Gently fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the batter, retaining as much volume as possible. Fold in remaining egg whites, mixing just until no white streaks remain. Gently mix in chopped walnuts.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top of cake shows small cracks and springs back when lightly pressed, about 45 minutes.
• Run a knife around the sides of cake to loosen from the pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat egg yolks with sugar, soda, and lemon juice on medium high for 3 minutes.
• Gradually add the potato starch and cake meal. Set aside.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold yolk mixture into whites.
• Add lemon zest. Beat for 2 minutes.
• Pour into an ugreased large tube pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Invert until completely cool. Run a knife arond the cake and remove from pan.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut parchment paper to line the bottom of a 10 inch tube pan. Do not grease the pan.
• In a medium bowl, whip egg yolks until light. Gradually add 1 cup sugar and orange zest; continue whipping until thick and pale, about 7 minutes. Sift together the matzo cake meal and potato starch; set aside. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, continuing to beat until whites form stiff peaks. Fold the dry ingredients into the yolk mixture alternately with the juice. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cake springs back to the touch. Invert onto a wire rack to cool. Run a knife around the sides of the cake before removing from the pan.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites at low speed for about 1 minute, until the whites are loose and have begun to foam. Increase speed of mixer to high; gradually add the sugar and continue beating for at least 5 minutes.
• Add the yoks and lemon juice, continue beating. Sift the cake meal with the potato starch; add to the mixing bowl. Beat until thoroughly blended.
• Turn the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Invert to cool for at least 1 hour.
• Serving suggestions: This may be served plain, frosted, with a sauce, or topped with whipped cream and fruit. If this or any sponge cake should get stale, use it for Passover French Toast or cut it into1 inch slices and toast until golden and serve hot with chocolate sauce or ice cream. You can sandwich ice cream between slices and serve with a heated sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease a 10 inch bundt or tube cake pan.
• Melt the chocolate.
• Beat the eggs and sugar on medium speed for 15 minutes.
• Add meal and potato starch.
• Beat on lowest speed until just mixed.
• Pour 3/4 of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Add melted chocolate to the remaining 1/4 of the batter.
• Stir until evenly mixed.
• Spoon chocolate batter into pan and swirl through with a fork.
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes.
• Let cool 10 minutes before inverting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and dust side of 9-inch springform pan with matzo meal. Melt 7 oz. of the chocolate as directed on pkg.; set aside. Beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until thick and lemon colored. Add margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate, orange zest and walnuts; mix well.
• Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently stir into chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 min. Run small knife or spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; remove rim of pan. Gently loosen cake from bottom of pan with spatula; place cake on wire rack. Cool completely. Microwave jam in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 10 sec. Spread over top of cake. Melt remaining 1 oz. chocolate as directed on pkg.; drizzle over cake. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees and adjust oven rack 1/3 up from bottom of oven.
• Grease a 10" bundt pan and sprinkle with granulated sugar, coating completely.
• Combine chocolate, butter or margarine and oil in the top of a double boiler over moderate heat.
• Cover and cook until almost completely melted.
• Whisk until completely melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Whisk the egg yolks gently.
• In a few additions, whisk 1/2 of the hot chocolate mixture into the yolks.
• Then add the yolks to the rest of the chocolate and mix.
• Add the sugar and vanilla and stir.
• Add salt to the egg whites, and beat until soft peaks form.
• Fold a dollop of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten.
• Then fold the chocolate into the rest of the egg whites until just combined.
• Pour into greased and sugared bundt pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees for about 1 hour, until done.
• Invert on to rach to cool.
• When cool, top with confectioners sugar if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F, and grease a 9" x 13" pan. (If you are feeling virtuous, dust it with cake meal, but I never do -- ).
• Peel, slice or grate apples and set aside.
• Beat eggs in mixer for about 5 minutes.
• Beat in sugar and salt, then oil, lemon juice and lemon peel.
• Mix together the cake/matzo meal and the potato starch, and add to the batter, still beating.
• Spoon or pour half of the batter into the greased pan.
• Top with all of the apples and raisins, if desired. (Don't worry, there aren't too many apples!).
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Top with remaining batter, and sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired.
• Bake at 375F for 35-45 minutes (or more).

Steps:

• Beat egg whites with 1/4 cup of sugar and set aside.
• In a saucepan, melt chocolate chips, and margarine.
• Remove from heat and let cool a few minutes.
• Beat egg yolks, with 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla.
• Add melted chocolate and mix.
• Fold in egg whites.
• Pour half in to a greased springform or tube pan. Put rest in refrigerator.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. It will rise nicely and then fall.
• When it is cool, pour rest of refrigerated mixture on top and put in freezer for several hours.