Sponge Cake (4)

Ingredients

• 1 lb Flour
• 1 lb. Sugar
• 0.5 lb. Butter
• 5 Eggs
• 1 teacupful Sweet Milk
• 2 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoonful Essence of Lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream; add sugar, switch eggs well, and put among milk; mix with butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Rub baking powder among flour, and stirring; add essence of lemon.

3. 3

   Put in papered tin, and bake in moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 161. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sponge Cake (4). 1 lb Flour, 1 lb. Sugar, ^ lb. Butter, '5 Eggs, 1 teacupful Sweet Milk, 2 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder, and 1 teaspoonful Essence of Lemon

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