Soft sheet sponge cake with dried apricots Yields 4 1/2 full sheet pans.

Apricot Success (Biscuit Sponge Cake)

Ingredients

• 2# 3 oz. powdered sugar
• 2# 3 oz. almond powder
• 1# 1 oz. all purpose flour
• 17 each egg yolks, beaten lightly
• 3# 2 oz. egg whites
• 1# 12 oz. granulated sugar
• 2# 8 oz. dried apricots, finely chopped

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line full sheet pans with parchment paper.

2. Sift the first 3 ingredients together .

3. Add a little of the sifted dry ingredients with the dried apricots to prevent lumping.

4. Whip the egg whites and the granulated sugar together to make a firm meringue. Add in yolks. Next, add in dry ingredients, and then the apricots.

5. Scale 2# 12 oz. for each full sheet pan; yields 4 1/2 trays.

Notes

 

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe from Renee Shelton's recipe files. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on October 12, 2020.