Plain Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder
• 1/2 cup hot water
• One-third teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sifted Melrose flour
• Grated rind of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs, with half the sugar, until they thicken, add the water and the remainder of the sugar and beat again.

2. 2

   Put in the grated lemon rind, then the flour sifted with the salt and the baking powder, folding these in as gently as possible.

3. 3

   Bake about thirty minutes in a shallow pan that has been greased and floured.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Anson County cook book (1928) by First Baptist Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN SPONGE CAKE 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon Royal baking1 powder V2 cup hot water One-third teaspoon salt 1 cup sifted Melrose flour Grated rind of half a lemon Beat the eggs, with half the sugar, until they thicken, add the water and the remainder of the sugar and beat again. Put in the grated lemon rind, then the flour sifted with the salt and the baking powder, folding these in as gently as possible. Bake about thirty minutes in a shallow pan that has been greased and floured. — Mrs. George E. Burns. DATE AND NUT CAKE 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 pkg. Dromedary dates 1 cup nut meats (pecans) 1 V2 cups Melrose flour IV2 teaspoons Royal baking powder Few grains of salt Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately, adding one-half cup sugar to yolks and one-half to whites; mix the two and add other ingredients. Cook in slow oven. When cold, cut in blocks and roll in powdered sugar. — Mrs. W. E. Carpenter. VELVET CAKE 1 lb. Melrose flour 1 cup milk 1 lb. sugar V2 lb. butter 2 level teaspoons Royal baking 6 eggs powder Cream butter and sugar together; add milk and flour alternately. Break eggs in one at the time, beating one minute each time. Bake in a moderate oven IV2 hours. — Mrs. M. W. Lee. WHITE POUND CAKE 1 pound sugar V2 pound butter 16 egg whites 1 pound Melrose flour 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder

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