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Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe

April 1, 2015 by Kayley 17 Comments

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

I used to have the notion that ladyfingers were some sort of mystical, highly difficult sponge cakes to make and that one could only make desserts requiring them if pre-packaged, pre-made ladyfingers could be found.

Turns out, that is not so. Driven by an intense pregnancy craving for tiramisu and hitting the road block of not being able to find any pre-made ladyfingers in my little town, I decided that it was time that I tried making them for myself.

And it was easier than I had ever dreamed.

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

 Ladyfingers barely call for 5 ingredients, all that you would most likely have in your kitchen cupboards at any given time. Eggs, flour, vanilla, and sugar. That’s it. And they take all of 15 minutes to make, minus baking time.

All you really need is a gentle hand for folding the ingredients together, as well as for making sure that your egg whites are free of any trace of egg yolks or they won’t whip up to high peaks.

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

For traditional ladyfingers, you will pipe them out onto your baking pan using a piping bag and a round tip. But if you don’t have a piping bag it’s no problem. You can also spread the batter out in a single layer on your baking sheets and simply cut the cake into shapes for layering after it’s baked. When I made these I piped them into fingers, but I also piped a few rounds out as well, to use as a base for some Charlottes.

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

Make sure to follow through with the last step, a double dusting of powdered sugar, to get that delicate crunch on top of the ladyfiners. Then use them for any application you like. Tiramisu, Charlottes, little layered cakes, or anything else you can think up.

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

Thanks to this recipe, I will never need to look for pre-packaged Ladyfingers again. Not only are they easy and simple to make, but they taste SO much better and have such a delicate texture.

And they freeze great, so make a little extra and throw them in the freezer to have Ladyfingers ready to go whenever the need for a little homemade Tiramisu strikes, which, for me, is pretty constant.

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe | thekitchenmccabe.com

Homemade Ladyfinger Recipe
 
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Serves: 40-50 ladyfingers
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup + 2 tablespoons All-purpose Flour
  • 6 Egg Yolks
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 6 Egg Whites
  • ½ Cup minus 1 tablespoon Superfine Sugar
  • Powdered Sugar, for dusting
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line 2 Baking sheets with parchment paper or non-stick mats.
  3. Sift the flour twice and set aside.
  4. Place the egg yolks and vanilla in a mixing bowl and whip on high until pale yellow and thick, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
  5. In a separate and very clean bowl, beat the egg whites and sugar to stiff peaks.
  6. Add the whipped egg yolks to the egg whites and very gently fold in until only a few yellow streaks remain.
  7. Add the sifted flour and gently fold in until just barely combined. Take care not to overwork the batter.
  8. Scoop the batter into a large piping bag fitted with a large round tip.
  9. Pipe into long fingers across the prepared baking sheets.
  10. Dust with powdered sugar using a fine mesh sieve and let sit for one minute. Dust one more time with powdered sugar and bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
  11. Use as needed. Store in an airtight container or freeze, if desired.
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Recipe slightly adapted from chefeddy.com

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Comments

  1. June Burns says

    April 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM

    How cool, I never would have thought of making my own ladyfingers! I would love to make tiramisu with homemade fingers like this 🙂

    Reply
    • Kayley says

      April 2, 2015 at 3:15 PM

      I hadn’t until now, either! But they were so easy! Tiramisu recipe coming soon! =)

      Reply
  2. Katie says

    April 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM

    Please say you’ll be doing a post on your tiramisou!

    Reply
    • Kayley says

      April 2, 2015 at 3:15 PM

      You know it! 😉 I’ll post it in a week or so =)

      Reply
  3. Sarah @ SnixyKitchen says

    April 13, 2015 at 1:17 AM

    As always I am so inspired by your creativity and your photos. With the exception of IN a tiramisu, I’ve never actually tasted a ladyfinger on its own! I’m certain that if I made these, I’d probably eat them all before having a chance to make tiramisu:)

    Reply
    • Kayley says

      April 27, 2015 at 6:42 PM

      Thanks so much, Sarah! I could say the same about you! You should try homemade ladyfingers sometime! They are pretty good on their own, and really awesome in Charlottes, as well.

      Reply
      • KatieRose60 says

        January 7, 2016 at 2:54 PM

        Okay, call me stupid, but what’s a “Charlotte”? Yes, I live in the Mountains of Virginia and these fancy French things are hard to find recipes for.

        Reply
        • Kayley says

          January 9, 2016 at 5:28 AM

          Hi Katie,

          Haha, no worries, I don’t think charlottes are terribly common desserts. Basically it’s a cake made of ladyfingers that surround some sort of filling like a mousse and maybe layers of cake as well.

          Reply
  4. Jess says

    January 12, 2016 at 12:24 AM

    Hi, will it work if I only have organic cane sugar at home? They are not super fine. Thank you

    Reply
  5. Ladonna says

    August 12, 2016 at 3:47 PM

    I don’t have a siftet for flour can I still make these?

    Reply
  6. Jennifer says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:43 PM

    Can you replace flour with cake flour? 🙂

    Reply
  7. Patty says

    March 21, 2017 at 10:49 AM

    Please advise weight of measured flour, thanks!

    Reply

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