Greek Sponge Cake (Pantespani)

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
5		Eggs - separated
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Butter - melted
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Flour
		Juice and grated rind of 1 orange
4 teaspoons	20ml	Baking powder
		Syrup
2 cups	474ml	Water
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
2		Orange Curacao - or
2 teaspoons	10ml	Orange extract

Recipe Instructions

Beat sugar and egg yolks well. Stir in melted butter, the rind and juice of orange, flour and baking powder. Carefully fold in egg whites, stiffly beaten. Pour into a buttered 8x10 or 9x9" baking pan.

Bake at 375F for 10 minutes; lower oven temperature to 350F and bake for 30 minutes longer or until cake tests done. Cool. Pour hot syrup over the cake.

Cut into squares or diamond-shaped pieces.

Syrup: Combine water and sugar; bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add orange Curacao or orange extract.

The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, favorite recipes compiled by the Philoptochos Society of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Florida, 1981

Source:
The Greeks Have a Recipe for It

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