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Simple Sponge Cake

From Fruit recipes, 1907

Serves 8

If wine is used, substitute one tablespoon of it for one of water.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Three-fourths cup sugar
  • one cup sifted flour
  • one and one-half teaspoons baking powder
  • two eggs beaten with the sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • two large (kitchen) tablespoons cold water

Method

  1. Mix all ingredients together and bake.

Nutrition per serving

148Calories
3 gProtein
31 gCarbs
1 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fruit recipes (1907) by Berry, Riley Maria Fletcher Mrs., page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SIMPLE SPONGE CAKE Three-fourths cup sugar; one cup sifted flour; one and one-half teaspoons baking powder; two eggs beaten with the sugar; a pinch of salt; two large (kitchen) tablespoons cold water

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