Hy-Vee Recipes and Ideas

Directions

1. Step1
   Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Step2
   Using 2 large mixing bowls, separate 7 of the 9 eggs. Yolks in 1 bowl, whites in the other.
3. Step3
   Into the bowl with the egg yolks, add the 2 remaining whole eggs. Beat until foamy. Gradually add the sugar. Beat until light and lemon-colored. Add potato starch alternately with the juice of the orange and the juice of the lemon.
4. Step4
   With an electric mixer and clean beaters, beat egg whites until stiff and dry.
5. Step5
   Carefully fold the yolk mixture into the stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
6. Step6
   Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes (70 minutes total).
7. Step7
   Invert tube pan. Cool for at least 1 hour.
8. Step8
   Banana-Nut Cake Variation: Omit orange juice. Increase lemon juice to the juice of 2 lemons. Add 2 mashed ripe bananas and 1/2 cup chopped nuts to batter.