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Ingredients
- 3 eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- Pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons clarified butter, melted
Method
- Grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Line each pan with a round of waxed paper; butter paper.
- Dust paper and sides of pans with flour; tap off excess.
- Place the eggs and sugar in a heatproof bowl; set bowl over pan of hot (not boiling) water.
- Beat at medium speed until mixture feels tepid, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from hot water.
- Continue beating until thick, light in color and tripled in volume, about 15 minutes.
- Sift flour several times with salt, then sift mixture, one half at a time, directly over egg mixture, gently folding in after each addition.
- Drizzle clarified butter very lightly over batter; fold in gently.
- Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing evenly.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 400 degrees, until cake is golden brown.
- Remove from oven; invert pans on wire racks to release cake layers.
- Gently peel away waxed paper; let layers cool to room temperature.
- To use for tiramis u, cut each layer in half and then cut halves into strips 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide.
