Hello friends! Today we're going to show you how to make the Portuguese traditional classic creamy sponge cake: Pão de Ló de Ovar.
This is definitely one of the most mouth watering piece of sponge cake you have ever seen. Pão de Ló in Portuguese means “Sponge Cake”, it is one of the most popular and traditional dessert in Portuguese. Pão de Ló de Ovar is thought to have originated in a convent in 18th-century. And the sweet is now registered with Protected Geographical Indication by the European Union. Since 2011.
Pão de Ló might have different version, depending on the region of Portuguese, it reflects on the texture and flavor. Pão de Ló de Ovar has unique moist and runny texture, it melts at every bite. The flavor and texture are one-of-a-kinds. We highly recommend you try this “old way” style. Hope you like this video, Enjoy. :)
This is an #ASMR ver, you can check out the other ver that with BGM and Voices in Chinese if you like:
https://youtu.be/67jLooAb1SA
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How to make Pão de Ló at home,
Portuguese Classic Sponge Cake Recipe
☞ cake mold: ⌀ 18cm Diameter
✎ Ingredients
egg 2, room temperature
egg yolk 5, room temperature
granulated sugar 90g
cake flour 45g
a pinch of salt
lemon zest half
✎ Instructions
1. Wrap outside of pan in a 5 layers of aluminum foil and mold to come up over the edges of the pan.
2. Line with a round baking paper on the bottom and two strips of paper on side. You can also line only one large baking paper as you like.
3. Zest a half of lemon into sugar, rub the sugar and zest mixture between your fingers, working the zest into the sugar.
4. Beat 2 eggs, 5 egg yolks and a pinch of salt on med-speed for 1 minute.
5. Add sugar in 3 batches, and beat for half minute each time. But after adding the rest of sugar, beat for 10 minutes on mid-speed. At the end, The volume of the egg mixture will become 4 times larger, and the texture will be light, pale and fluffy.
6. Preheat the over to 220°C
7. Sift flour into egg mixture. Gently and carefully whisk on very low speed until smooth.
8. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 8 minutes and then lower the temperature to 180°C for 5 minutes, or when it golden brown on the top, and the center should shake a little. Cooking time will be different from oven to oven and with the type of pan you use.
9. Let it sit in the pan until cool, then place in fridge for hours or overnight. Enjoy.
