Génoise cake
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thumb|Madeleines A génoise (, , ; usually spelled genoise in English), also known as Genoese cake or Genovese cake, is a French sponge cake named after the city of Genoa and associated with French cuisine. Instead of using chemical leavening, air is suspended in the batter during mixing to provide volume.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Genoise
- Food.image
- Cocoa Génoise cake.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- Cocoa Génoise cake
- Food.alternate_name
- Genoese cake, Genovese cake
- Food.country
- France
- Food.type
- Sponge cake
- Food.main_ingredient
- Flour, sugar, eggs
- Food.variations
- Chocolate genoise
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thumb|Madeleines A génoise (, , ; usually spelled genoise in English), also known as Genoese cake or Genovese cake, is a French sponge cake named after the city of Genoa and associated with French cuisine. Instead of using chemical leavening, air is suspended in the batter during mixing to provide volume.
Genoise should not be confused with pain de Gênes (), which is made from almond paste, but it is similar to pan di Spagna ().
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Génoise cake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.