Mock Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup pastry flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 tsp. baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs until very light with a dover beater.

2. 2

   Beat in sugar and salt.

3. 3

   Sift flour before measuring.

4. 4

   Mix thoroughly.

5. 5

   Stir in boiling water and beat smooth.

6. 6

   Add vanilla and pour into deep cake pan.

7. 7

   Bake 40 minutes in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicacies (1929) by Thursday Club (San Diego, Calif.), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mock Sponge Cake 2 eggs 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar % tsp. salt 1 cup pastry flour 1 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder Beat eggs until very light with a dover beater. Beat in sugar and salt. Sift flour before measuring. Mix thoroughly. Be sure to scrape mixture from mixing spoon and mix with whole. Stir in boiling water and beat smooth. Add vanilla and pour into deep cake pan. Bake 40 minutes in a moder- ate oven. — Mrs. George Edivards. Spice Cake 2 eggs (white of 1) 1 tsp. allspice 2 cups brown sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup milk Yz tsp. cloves Y-2. cup butter x/2 tsp. nutmeg 2Y-2. cups flour 1 cup nuts 2 tsp. baking powder 1 cup raisins Cream butter and sugar ; add milk, eggs, flour and bak- ing powder — then stir in spices and bake in moderate oven. — Mrs. Willard Hagc, Jr. Pineapple Butterscotch Cake Y* cup chopped walnuts 4 tbsp. butter 4 slices of canned pine- l1/^ cups brown sugar apple 1 tbsp. lemon juice Allow these ingredients to simmer 10 minutes in frying pan. Cake Batter Two-thirds cup of sugar 3 tsp. baking powder 3 tbsp. shortening ]/2 tsp. salt

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