Alfeizerão Sponge Cake
Also known as: Alfeizerão Moist Sponge Cake
A low, concave sponge with a crisp exterior and creamy heart.
- Origin
- Alfeizerão · Alcobaça
- Region
- Alfeizerão · Alcobaça
- Season
- Year-round; especially popular at Easter
Pão de Ló de Alfeizerão is a low version of Portugal's great egg, sugar and flour sponge. It is recognised by its sunken centre, thin crisp exterior and very moist interior, which may flow when a slice is cut.
Wine brandy distinguishes the local recipe, adding a subtle aroma to the richness of the yolks. The contrast between its baked surface and almost custard-like centre is essential to the experience.
- egg yolks and eggs
- sugar
- wheat flour
- wine brandy
Intensely yolky, sweet and creamy, with a lightly crisp shell and an aromatic brandy note.
The centre ranges from very moist to nearly flowing; traditional examples remain low and sunken in the middle.
At pastry shops and tearooms in Alfeizerão, in Alcobaça municipality.
Espresso or a chilled fortified wine.
Alfeizerão established its own identity within Portugal's family of pão-de-ló cakes. Turismo de Portugal's official route identifies wine brandy, the concave centre, crisp crust and low profile as this version's defining traits.
Sources: visitportugal.com · cm-alcobaca.pt
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