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Wine Cake with Maserated
Strawberries
Concord-grape wine — a traditional
part of the Passover feast —
gives this delightful spongecake a
fruity, almost floral note.
Yield: Makes 8 servings
For cake:
1/2 cup matzo cake meal
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup medium-dry Concord-grape wine
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
for 30 minutes
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated fresh
lemon zest
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
For strawberries
2 lb strawberries (2 qt), trimmed
and quartered (6 cups)
1/4 cup medium-dry Concord-grape wine
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
Special equipment: a 10-inch tube
pan (4 1/2 inches deep) with removable
bottom.
Put oven rack in middle position
and preheat oven to 350°F.
Whisk together matzo cake meal, potato
starch, and salt in a bowl. Stir together
wine and lemon juice in another bowl
or a glass measure.
Beat yolks in a large bowl with an
electric mixer at medium-high speed
until smooth, then add zest. Add 1
cup sugar gradually, beating, and
beat until mixture is very thick and
pale, 2 to 3 minutes.
With mixer at low speed, add half
of matzo cake meal mixture to yolks,
then all of wine mixture. Add remaining
matzo meal mixture, mixing until just
combined.
Beat whites with a pinch of salt
in another bowl with cleaned beaters
at medium speed until they hold soft
peaks. Add remaining 1/4 cup sugar
a little at a time, beating, and beat
until whites just hold stiff peaks.
Fold one fourth of whites into yolk
mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining
whites gently but thoroughly.
Pour batter into ungreased tube pan
and rap pan firmly three times on
work surface to eliminate any large
air bubbles.
Bake spongecake until top is golden
and springs back when it is pressed
gently, 35 to 40 minutes. Immediately
turn pan upside down on a rack and
cool completely, about 1 hour. Run
a knife around inner and outer edges
of cake to loosen, then remove from
pan.
Macerate strawberries:
While cake cools, gently stir together
strawberries, wine, and sugar until
sugar is dissolved, then let stand
at least 30 minutes.
Dust cake with Passover confectioners
sugar and serve with strawberries.
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