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Orange Passover sponge cake with raspberry sauce

8

Points®

Total time: 1 hr 15 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 1 hr • Serves: 16 • Difficulty: Easy

If you're used to dry, dull Passover cake, then you'll be thrilled with this moist, flavorful recipe. We love it—especially the two-ingredient sauce. Keep in mind that you’ll need 1 large orange to yield the zest and juice for this cake; however, it can be made with a variety of citrus flavors. Substitute lemon or lime zest and juice for the orange zest and juice. Or forget the citrus juice and zest altogether and use 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon of almond extract. Not Passover? Use 1 cup of flour instead of the matzo cake meal and potato starch, if desired.

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Ingredients

Matzo cake meal

¾ cup(s)

Potato starch

¼ cup(s)

Egg

12 large egg(s)

Sugar

1½ cup(s)

Orange juice

¼ cup(s)

Orange zest

2 tsp

Preserves

⅓ cup(s)

Unsweetened frozen raspberries

1 cup(s)

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

2

Sift matzo cake meal with potato starch over a large bowl; sift again and set aside.

3

In a large bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer on high power, whip egg whites until stiff and glossy; set aside.

4

In another large bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer on high power, whip egg yolks with sugar until light and satiny; add orange juice and zest and blend well.

5

Fold egg whites into yolk mixture until just blended. Sift in matzo cake meal mixture; fold delicately to combine. Carefully pour batter into a 10-inch, 2-piece ungreased angel food cake pan with feet or a sponge cake pan.

6

Bake until center of cake springs back to the touch, about 1 hour. Remove from oven and immediately invert pan onto a wire rack; cool cake completely in pan. (If you do not have a pan with feet, invert pan over a wine or beer bottle.)

7

Meanwhile, to make topping, heat raspberry preserves in a small saucepan over low heat and toss in raspberries; mix well.

8

When cake is completely cool, run a sharp knife around the outside and inside rings of the tube pan to loosen cake; transfer to a serving plate. Slice into 16 pieces and drizzle each slice with sauce just before serving. Yields 1 slice of cake and about 1 tablespoon of sauce per serving.

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