Рецепт The Canadian Food Experience Project – Fluffy Sponge Cake with Orange Glaze
My Mom was a great cook, but she did not bake although she had a sweet tooth. So, unwittingly, I became the baker of the family. I began baking at the age of nine making cakes from cake boxes. At that time, there was no internet to search for recipes and my Mom did not own any cookbooks. What for? She knew how to cook.
Many years later, I found a recipe for Fluffy Sponge Cake with Orange Glaze in the now-defunct Montreal Star newspaper. The date was June 1976. I finally made a cake from scratch, and it did turn out nice and fluffy with a hint of orange flavour from the glaze. I was so proud! Everyone in the family loved it. I have served this cake with fruit and whipping cream, layered it with pastry cream, and cut it in slices to use in a trifle. It always tastes fresh and delicious. The Fluffy Sponge Cake layered with pastry cream and topped with the orange glaze has become my husband’s official birthday cake.
Copied version from old clipping of Fluffly Sponge Cake with Orange Glaze
Over the years, the newspaper clipping yellowed, and I finally made a photocopy of the recipe. Little did I know at the time, that clipping that Fluffy Sponge Cake recipe would lead me to own hundreds of cookbooks. I discovered there are countless sponge cake recipes, but I always treasure the Fluffy Sponge Cake recipe I clipped out of the newspaper many years ago.
Valerie from A Canadian Foodie founded the Canadian Food ExperienceProject which began June 7 2013. As we (participants) share our collective stories across the vastness of our Canadian landscape through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity through the cadence of our concerted Canadian voice.