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Lemon Sponge

From Cookery and housekeeping, 1882

Serves 8

Yields yellow and white sponge.

Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon Sponge. 8 yolks of eggs, well beaten ; 6 lemons' juice ; 4 lemons' rinds ; \ lb. powdered sugar ; \ oz. isinglass dissolved in a teacup of water.

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