I used this recipe for my boston cream pie at the great dubai bakeoff auditions. It was very delicious and soft. I added my own flavour to bring it a personal touch by adding some rose essence.
To make it a total scratch recipe i made my own rose essence. Well I got myself a jar of fresh dried roses and they are so aromatic and beautiful. I add a few dried roses to a tablespoon of water or milk and microwave for 1 minute at 50 power. That's my homemade rose essence. I prefer to go organic and fresh as much as possible so that homemade is really something I always opt for. Forget the dishes and hard work it all pays when the food is devine
Ingredients
- 4 eggs (seperated - whites & yolks)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- A few dried rose boiled in 2 tbsp water
Directions
- 1In a clean mixing bowl whip the egg whites to stiff peaks
- 2In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks with sugar and rose essence until creamy and the sugar is melted
- 3Fold in the egg white over the egg yolk in 4 batches
- 4Gently add the flour and incorporate evenly. Drain the water of the rose and add to the batter and mix well
- 5Line a 5 inch baking pan with baking parchment
- 6Spread the sponge mixture
- 7Bake at 160 degrees preheated oven for 25 minutes
- 8Take off oven and let it cool for 20 minutes
- 9Serve with with custard or whipped cream
