🍋 Title: Fofos de Belas – A Guide to Portugal’s Fluffiest Sponge Cake

Here’s your delicious guide to one of Portugal’s softest and most charming pastries: Fofos de Belas — a delicate sponge cake filled with creamy custard, traditionally enjoyed in the town of Belas near Lisbon 🇵🇹🍰

🧾 Ingredients
For the Sponge Cake:
3 eggs

100g sugar

75g all-purpose flour (type 55, no baking powder)

Zest of 1 small lemon

For the Pastry Cream (Creme Pasteleiro):
300ml whole milk

3 egg yolks

50g sugar

25g cornstarch

25g butter

½ tsp vanilla extract