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Four Cuartos

Typically from Palma de Mallorca, cuartos are served with hot chocolate or a cup of sorbet.
Tender, light and soft, directly from my oven…

Cuartos

serves 18:
12 eggs
200 g icing sugar
200 g cornstarch

Pre-heat the oven to 180º C.
Prepare small paper boxes (10x6x3 cms).
Whisk the egg yolks with sugar until it doubles its size.
Add the whipped egg whites and the sieved cornstarch.
Pour the batter into the paper moulds.
In a baking sheet bake for 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and hit with the baking sheet on a table to avoid wrinkles on the surface.
Sprinkle with icing sugar.

Note: you can see a picture sequence of the process of making the little paper boxes here.

August 30, 2008 | Filed Under cakes, muffins and madeleines 

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15 Responses to “Four Cuartos”

  1. Alexa em 30 August, 2008

    This seems very similar to an angel food cake… So light and pretty. Your photographs are stunning.

  2. Tartelette em 30 August, 2008

    So simple and light…I walk on clouds everytime I come here :)

  3. Colloquial Cook em 31 August, 2008

    Hey there! When do yo incorporate the icing sugar? In the egg white mix (meringue style) or to the cornstarch before you add the whites? Thanks!!

  4. Leonor de Sousa Bastos em 31 August, 2008

    Sorry!!!I forgot to write it down… The icing sugar should be incorporated with the egg yolks.
    I’ve just edited the recipe!

    Thanks!

  5. Colloquial Cook em 31 August, 2008

    Superb! Thanks a million. Next time I have 12 eggs lying around, I’ll know exactly what to do!!

  6. Aran em 31 August, 2008

    i’m from spain and i love these… wonderful light photos, so clean and simple.

  7. tara em 1 September, 2008

    Beautiful, as usual. These look ethereal, pillowy and light. I almost thought they were marsmallows at first glance!

  8. Marysol em 1 September, 2008

    Leonor, your delightful treat and photography are nothing short of spectacular!

  9. eshannon2@gmail.com em 1 September, 2008

    I would so like to make these. I have searched locally and can find no resource for the boxes.. Are they made from parchment? I wonder if I could make them myself..
    thanks

  10. Leonor de Sousa Bastos em 3 September, 2008

    Shannon,

    I’ve sent you an email with a picture sequence of the assembling process of the paper boxes.

    And I’ve put a link on the post to this instructions.

    Thanks!

    Leonor

  11. quem somos: em 12 September, 2008

    Hi Leonor.

    Pode me passar também o tutorial para fazer as caixinhas?

    AMEI seu blog, tudo lindo!

    beijos,

    Mariana

  12. Amanda em 14 September, 2008

    Those seem like the easiest things to bake ever! I love when I can count the ingredients with my hands. Plus, they look like fluffy box clouds :)

  13. Holly em 27 September, 2008

    Just discovered your site – all of your sweet delights look amazing – and these look like the perfect accomniment to a good cup of hot chocolate!
    :) xx

  14. Anonymous em 27 September, 2008

    Just discovered your site – all of your sweet delights look amazing – and these look like the perfect accomniment to a good cup of hot chocolate!
    :) xx

  15. Anonymous em 6 October, 2008

    what is 200g mean? grams?

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