Sponge Cake
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Sponge Cake

Ingredients

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 6 egg whites
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Beat the egg-yolks until thick and lemon colored.
  2. Add the sugar gradually and continue beating, using a dover egg-beater.
  3. Add the extract and whites of the eggs very stiffly beaten.
  4. Remove the egg beater and cut and fold the flour which has been sifted four times, the salt having been added to the last sifting.
  5. Bake one hour in an unbuttered, narrow pan in a slow oven.
  6. Genuine sponge cake has no baking powder or soda in it.
  7. The eggs must be vigorously beaten so that the cake will rise.
  8. A very slow oven is necessary.
  9. Increase the heat slightly every fifteen minutes.
  10. Do not cut sponge cake; it should be broken apart with a fork.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Ingredients: egg yolk, egg white, sugar, flour, lemon extract, salt

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, knife, oven, egg beater, sifter

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