Trompe l'oeil sponge

  • Average
  • 15 minutes
  • 12 + 15 minutes
  • Cheap

IngrédientS

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2

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  • 140g flour
  • 120g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 135g soft butter
  • the juice of 1 lemon
  • 5g baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • yellow and green food coloring

Recipe

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°c

Step 2

In a bowl, put the softened butter, sugar and lemon juice

Step 3

Mix until you get a smooth dough

Step 4

Add the eggs one by one, mixing each time

Step 5

Add the flour, yeast and salt

Step 6

Divide the dough in two, put more dough in a bowl, color this dough with yellow food coloring. Mix well

Step 7

In the other bowl, add green food coloring, mix well

Step 8

Pour the dough into two square ovenproof dishes

Step 9

Bake for 15 minutes for the yellow-colored dough and 12 minutes for the green-colored dough

Step 10

Wait until the cakes have cooled before unmolding.

Step 11

Using the blade of a knife, scrape the surface of the green cake a little. To achieve the sponge scraping effect

Step 12

Put a little jam on the yellow cake and on top of the green cake

Step 13

Even out the towers, and cut the cake in two to make two sponges

Step 14

Make the "soap" by foaming milk

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