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Homemade yo-yo snack cakes

17/11/2023

The yo-yo snack cakes are soft and tasty treats, perfect for a snack or to accompany coffee. They are similar to small sponge cakes filled with cream, and making them at home is a truly enjoyable experience. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 3 eggs
  • 150 g of sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 150 g of all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 sachet of baking powder
  • Grated zest of one lemon (optional)

For the filling:

  • 200 g of mascarpone
  • 50 g of icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (or seeds from one vanilla pod)

Preparation

  1. Prepare the dough for the snack cakes.

    • Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
    • Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the whites until stiff with a pinch of salt.
    • In another bowl, whisk the yolks with the sugar until the mixture is puffed up and frothy.
    • Add the grated lemon zest for flavoring, if desired.
    • Fold the sifted flour with the baking powder into the yolk and sugar mixture, gently incorporating it with a spatula.
    • Finally, fold in the beaten egg whites, mixing from the bottom up to not deflate the mixture.

  2. Bake the snack cakes.

    • Distribute the dough into a muffin tin or paper cups, filling them about two-thirds full.
    • Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the snack cakes are golden and soft to the touch.
    • Let cool completely before filling.

  3. Prepare the cream for the filling.

    • Mix the mascarpone with the icing sugar and vanilla extract until you have a smooth and homogeneous cream.

  4. Assemble the yo-yo snack cakes.

    • Cut each snack cake in half horizontally.
    • Spread a generous amount of mascarpone cream on the base of each snack cake.
    • Cover with the other half of the snack cake and dust with icing sugar if desired.

There you go, you have created delicious homemade yo-yo snack cakes!

Interesting Facts

Yo-yos are inspired by classic industrial snack cakes, but making them at home allows you to customize the recipe according to your tastes, for example by adding cocoa to the mascarpone cream for a more indulgent version. Moreover, you can explore various shapes and decorations, such as adding sugar sprinkles or chocolate on the cream for a special touch.