Boiled Sugar Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• 3 cup sugar
• 1 cup Purity Flour
• 3 eggs
• Flavoring

Method

1. 1

   Boil sugar and water until it threads.

2. 2

   Beat eggs with a Dover beater until very light.

3. 3

   Place bowl in a pan of cold water and pour the syrup into the eggs gradually, beating all the time, and continue beating until very light.

4. 4

   Add flavoring and sift in the flour, folding in very carefully.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderate oven about 25 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Purity flour cookbook (1917) by E. Warner, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED SUGAR SPONGE CAKE } cup water. 3 cup sugar. 1 cup Pvrity Flour. 3 eggs. Flavoring. Boil sugar and water until it thread.?. Beat eggs with a Dover beater until very light. Place bowl in a pan of cold water and pour the syrup into the eggs gradually, beating all the time, and continue beating until very light. Add flavoring and sift in the flour, folding in very carefully. Bake in a mod- erate oven about 25 minutes. SPONGE CAKE 3 egg3. i cup granulated sugar (fine). Grated rind and juice of 1 lemou. J cup Purity Flour. Pinch of salt. Sift flour and salt, beat eggs separately, add the sugar slowly to the beaten yolks, add lemon juice and rind, then the whites beaten very stiff. Fold in the flour. Bake in a rather deep tin for about 30 minutes. Bake slowly and do not disturb while baking. When sponge cake is removed from the oven it should be placed where it will not cool too quickly at first. This will help to prevent it from falling. CHILDREN'S SPONGE CAKE 4 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 4 tablespoons cold water. 1 cup Purity Flour

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