How To Prepare The Genoese Cake

Here we show you step by step this delicious sweet recipe. You will see that it is a very easy cake to prepare. 

Are you having a party and don’t know what to prepare for your guests? Don’t worry, today we bring you a simple recipe for making Genoese cake.

Besides being easy to prepare, it is a pleasure for your guests, family or friends.

The best part is, the Genoese cake, in addition to being very delicious, contributes to a low calorie content and an acceptable amount of protein, mainly coming from the eggs that you will use for its preparation.

Here is, more or less, the distribution of calories of this exquisite dessert:

• 27% fat
• 8% protein
• 65% carbohydrates

Ingredients to prepare the Genoese cake

To prepare this dessert, the first thing to do is to clean the work area and organize your ingredients, because you will have to separate them to have the different components of the cake.

For the cake

• 7 fresh eggs
• 7 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 7 tablespoons of flour (sifted)

For sauce or frosting

• 1 large can of cream
• A large can of evaporated milk
• 1 large can of condensed milk
• Optional: 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin

For the meringue cover

The Genoese cake can be served with or without a meringue cover. In fact, you’ve probably seen that in some cookbooks the meringue is included and others not.

Keep in mind that adding meringue definitely makes the dessert look a lot more aesthetic, but it also increases the caloric value.

However, the calorie intake is not very large compared to the total calorie content of the cake. If you dare to include merengue, here are the ingredients you’ll need:

• 3 egg whites
• Sugar (to taste)

How to prepare our Genoese cake

The cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
2. Separate whites from yellows. Keep the yolk in each shell for later use.
3. Beat the egg whites until stiff with a mixer. If you prefer, use a spatula to whip the whites instead of the mixer. In most cases, the mixer will lose porosity in the mixture, but the difference is not very significant. If you want, you can try both methods and tell us if you feel any difference.
4. While stirring, add the first yolk then a spoonful of sugar and continue beating until completely dissolved.
5. Add another yolk, sugar and so on until you have beaten all the yolks and sugar.
6. Add the 7 tablespoons of flour, one at a time.
7. Make sure the spoonful of flour you add is well dissolved before adding the next one.
8. Use a spatula to loosen the mixture from the edges and, at the same time, make smooth, enveloping movements to prevent the eggs from losing bulk.
9. Grease and sprinkle a circular mold with flour. If possible, use a removable mold.
10. Pour the mixture into the mold and put it in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
11. Then put a knife in the cake and check that it comes out clean.

Sauce or frosting

While our cake is in the oven, we can proceed to the preparation of the icing. This part is very easy. Here are the simple steps:

1. In a mixing glass, pour the condensed milk, the evaporated milk and the cream of milk.
2. Mix until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
3. When you take the cake out of the oven, while it is still hot, pour in about three quarters of soaking (save the other quarter to pour over the pieces when ready to serve).
4. We recommend that you poke the cake in about four spots on the surface so that it absorbs the frosting well.
5. Let cool and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving. Unless you’ve decided to add the meringue.
6. If you left the last quarter of the sauce for later, instead of pouring over each piece, you can also add a spoonful of unflavored gelatin and add it to the whole cake before cooling it.

The meringue for your Genoese cake

If the frosting was easy for you, making the meringue will be like a walk in the park. If you want to decorate your cake with meringue, remove it from the mold and place it on a large plate.

1. Add the three egg whites and beat until the snow point is reached.
2. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until you get the right consistency.
3. Decorate your cake with the meringue: you can let your creativity run wild!
4. Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Now enjoy this delicious and easy to prepare dessert. Enjoy your meal !