Recipe - Greek Sponge Cake (Pantespani)

1 cup Sugar
5 Eggs; separated
One half pound Butter; melted
1 cup Flour
1 Orange; juice and grated
rind of
4 teaspoon Baking powder

SYRUP
2 cup Water
1 cup Sugar
2 Jiggers orange curacao; OR
2 teaspoon Orange extract

Beat sugar and egg yolks well. Stir in melted butter, the rind and juice of
orange, flour and baking powder. Carefully fold in egg whites, stiffly
beaten. Pour into a buttered 8x10 or 9x9" baking pan. Bake at 375 F. for 10
minutes; lower oven temperature to 350 F. and bake for 30 mins. longer or
until cake tests done. Cool. Pour hot syrup over the cake. Cut into squares
or diamonshaped pieces. Syrup: Combine water and sugar; bring to a boil
and simmer for 10 minutes. Add orange curacao or orange extract. Makes 16
servings. The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, favorite recipes compiled by the
Philoptochos Society of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne,
Florida, 1981 MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn.com

Recipe by: The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, subm. by Fran Hadjilogiou

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #817 by Roberta Banghart
bobbi744@sojourn.com on Sep 28, 1997