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Sponge Cake "Roebuck Saddle"

4 servings

Ingredients

• 10 pcs egg yolks
• 50 g sugar (finely ground, sieved)
• 1 pcs lemon (zest)
• 250 g strong flour (fine)
• 10 pcs egg whites (stiff peaks)
• almonds (coarsely chopped, for the mold) (a little)
• chocolate glaze (a little)

Instructions

1. Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and lemon zest (grated with sugar) until foamy.
2. Fold in the strong flour and stiff egg white peaks.
3. Fill a well-buttered "roebuck saddle" mold, sprinkled with coarsely chopped almonds, with the batter and bake in a moderately hot oven.
4. Once cooled, invert and coat with chocolate glaze.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.