Lady Fingers

Lady Fingers

Lady fingers, a main ingredient of Tiramisu, can actually be made pretty easily. Its soft, sponge like texture taste somewhat like cake. While store bought lady fingers are always in long finger shape, homemade ones can be any shape you like. For the Tiramisu in a cup that I plan to make, round, Nilla Wafer shape seems most fitting.

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 7/8 cup of flour
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract (if you don’t mind the eggy taste, this can be ignored)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Place egg white in a clean bowl, beat in high speed till soft peak forms. Add 2 tablespoon of sugar, continue to beat on high till glossy and stiff.
3. In another clean bowl, whip egg yolk and remaining sugar till thick and pale in color.
4. Sift flour and baking powder thoroughly
5. Fold half of the egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture, then fold flour into the mixture, at last, fold in the remaining egg white. Do not stir, fold.
6. Place mixture in a pastry bag or a Ziploc bag. Pipe the mixture onto a silicon mat or parchment paper lined baking sheet (they are pretty sticky, so use non-stick media)
7. Bake 8 minutes.

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原料：

• 4 个鸡蛋，蛋白蛋黄分开
• 1/2 杯糖
• 7/8 杯面粉
• 1/2 小勺泡打粉
• 1 小勺香草香精

步骤：

1. 烤箱预热到400F
2. 蛋白在干净的容器里高速打发至稍硬，加2大勺糖，继续打发至硬且光亮
3. 在另外一干净容器里打发蛋黄和剩余的白糖至稠，颜色为浅黄色
4. 面粉和泡打粉过筛
5. 将一半的蛋白液拌入蛋黄，拌入面粉，最后拌入剩余的蛋白液，不要过分搅拌
6. 将5料灌入袋子，挤在垫烤纸的烤盘上
7. 烤8分钟