u/DrGaellon2

I’m trying to re-create a cake my grandmother used to make for Passover. It was a sponge cake based on egg whites whipped to stiff peaks and matzo cake meal. It had finely chopped, untoasted walnuts and lots of lemon zest. In my memory, it had both the bitterness of the tannins from the walnuts and some of the bitterness of lemon pith, so I think she probably grated them pretty deeply. It was baked in a tube pan. The annulus at the bottom of the pan was lined with a brown paper grocery bag which was greased. Does anyone have a similar recipe? (I didn’t even particularly like it as a kid, but I’m sad I don’t have the recipe.)