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Egg and sugar foam

Whole eggs whipped with sugar until the mixture is pale and fluffy. This is a first step for whisked cakes and sponge cakes.

⏱ 4 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Whip the eggs and sugar 3–4 minutes, until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
    ⚙ WhippingBowlHand mixerorStand mixerorWhisk
    💡Room-temperature eggs whip better than cold eggs. Take them out of the fridge 30 minutes before baking. Warm eggs also make a more stable foam that holds up in the oven.
247calories
5 gprotein
50 gcarbs
4 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 80%● fat 13%

Per serving (88 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2)

  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Hand mixer or Stand mixer or Whisk · one of them

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Yolks whipped with the eggs · salt · Vanilla · Honey
  • Whipping time (minutes): 3–4
  • Doneness cue: is pale and fluffy

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