Six-Egg Sponge Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup sifted cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 6 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
- Set oven for slow, 325f.
- Sift together flour, salt, and cream of tartar.
- Combine sugar and water in a saucepan; stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Cover and boil 2 minutes.
- Remove cover and boil without stirring to 230f on a candy thermometer, or until a little syrup forms a very soft ball when dropped in cold water.
- Whip egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Pour syrup in a very thin stream on egg whites, beating constantly.
- Continue to beat until cool.
- Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored; fold into egg whites; blend well.
- Add vanilla.
- Sift a small amount of flour mixture over egg mixture: fold in carefully.
- Continue until all flour is added.
- Turn into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake 1 hour or until top springs back when lightly touched with fingertip.
- Invert pan: let cake hang until cold.
- Loosen from sides and tube of pan with a spatula.
- Frost with your favorite frosting or sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Other Information
Author: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Source: Metropolitan Cookbook (1964-02-01)
Category: Dessert
Ingredients: cake flour, salt, cream of tartar, sugar, water, egg, vanilla
Equipment: oven, tube pan, measuring spoons, measuring cups, saucepan, egg beater
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