Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• Sugar I cup.
• Flour I cup.
• Eggs 2.
• Sweet milk 4 table-spoonfuls.
• Soda y^ tea-spoonful.
• Cream of tartar i tea-spoonful.

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients together and bake until done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugar I cup. Flour I cup. Eggs 2. Sweet milk 4 table-spoonfuls. Soda y^ tea-spoonful. Cream of tartar i tea-spoonful or baking powder I large tea-spoonful. These cakes take their name from their resem- blance to a sponge, both in lightness and tough- ness if properly made and properly baked, as they are quite tough, notwithstanding their lightness, as no shortening is used. BAKER S DIVISION. 20I NO. 3. Sugar ^ pound, and put into it J^ tumbler of cold water and bring it to a boil to form a clear syrup. When cool, having beaten the yolks and whites of eggs separately, add the yolks, stirring them well, flavor with the peel of a lemon and add the juice of the same, add the whites of the eggs and then sift in yi pound of flour. It is claimed this cake will keep much longer than usual on the account of boiling the sugar. NO. 4. White sugar i pound. Eggs 10. Flour one-half pound. • Juice of I lemon. Rind of I lemon. Break the ^g^ into the sugar and thoroughly beat together, and then the flour, lemon juice, etc. Beautiful is the word of description. CRULLERS. Sweet milk i quart. Sugar I y^ pints. Flour one-half pint. Baking powder 3 tea-spoonfuls. Nutmeg, or cinnamon, or a little of both if pre- ferred. Mix all together nicely, and then sift in as much more flour as will allow it to roll out, but they are better not to be made very stiff. Have the lard hot when they are put in. 202 DOMESTIC GUIDE. DOUGHNUTS. Sour milk 3 cups. Soda I tea-spoonful. Eggs 2. Sugar I yi, cups. Baking powder i tea-spoonful. Salt I tea-spoonful. Nutmeg I grated. Melted butter or melted lard from the kettle 2 table-spoonfuls. Flour about 2 quarts. Dissolve the soda in the milk, add the sugar and eggs, the butter or lard, and stir or beat all the .articles together. Then sift in flour to make as. soft as dough can be molded and rolled out. Cut into strips and twist or tie into knots or any shape desired. Fry in lard as hot as it can be without burning, which prevents its too great absorption into the cake, making it indigestible. A good light doughnut is a very healthy kind of food — a greasy one is very unhealthy. » CREAM CAKE. Sugar I cup. Flour I cup. Cream i cup. Eggs 3. Cream tartar i tea-spoonful. Soda one-half tea-spoonful. Salt, a little. Make in the usual way. BAKER S DIVISION. 203 NO. 2. Sugar I cup. Rich cream i cup. Eggs 2. Soda I tea-spoonful. Flour 2 cups. Salt I tea-spoonful. Make according to general directions. WHITE OR SILVER CAKE. Whites of 8 eggs. Flour 3 cups. White sugar 2 cups. Butter one-half cup. Sweet milk ^ cup. Baking powder i rounding tea-spoonful. Ext. of lemon i tea-spoonful. YELLOW OR GOLD CAKE. Yolks of 8 eggs. Flour i^ cups. Sugar I cup. Butter ^ cup. Sweet milk one-half cup. Baking powder i tea-spoonful. Ext. lemon i tea-spoonful. Mix and bake according to general directions. FRUIT CAKE. Flour I pound. Sugar I pound. Butter I pound. English currants 2 pounds. 204 DOMESTIC GUIDE. Raisins 2 pounds. Citron i pound. Eggs lo. Any good wine i cup. Brandy one-half cup, or 2 cups wine without the brandy. Those who choose to use no wine or brandy will use a cup of water and cup of milk in their place. Nutmeg and cinnamon to taste, or extracts I table-spoonful each. Mix according to general directions, and bake by putting a buttered paper in the pan. CURRANT CAKE. Butter one-half cup. Sugar 2 cups. Milk I cup. English currants i cup. Soda I tea-spoonful. Cream of tartar 2 tea-spoonfuls. Flour, sufficient to make a pouring batter. WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE. Butter one-half cup. Sugar 2 cups. Flour 3^ cups. Milk I cup. Eggs 2. Cream of tartar 2 tea-spoonfuls. Soda I tea-spoonful. Beat all together without separating the eggs, put the soda in the milk, and stir the cream of tar- baker's division. 205 tar in the flour. Bake as jelly cake, but instead of jelly between the layers put the following frost- ing: Beat the white of i egg to a stiff froth and stir in 7 tea-spoonfuls pulverized sugar. Flavor with extract of lemon or vanilla. GINGER SNAPS. Molasses one-half pound. Brown sugar ^ pound. Butter J^ pound. Ground ginger i tea-spoonful. Caraway seed i tea-spoonful. Flour I pound. Rub the butter into the flour, and then mix in the molasses, sugar, ginger and caraway seeds. Work all well and form into cakes the size of a quarter. Place upon a baking tin and in a moder- ate oven for 20 minutes, when they will be dry and crisp. CRUMPETS. Eggs 4. White sugar 2 cups. Butter or lard i cup. Soda I tea-spoonful, dissolved in one-third cup cold water. Nutmeg to taste. Flour to roll out like cookies, rolling thin and cutting into small cakes. Sprinkle them well with powdered sugar, and bake in a quick oven. They are splendid. 206 DOMESTIC GUIDE. CURRANT CAKE. Butter one-half cup. Su~Ar 2 cups. Miik I cup. English currants I cup. Soc^a I tea-spKx>nfuL Cre^.m of tartar 2 tea-spoonfuls. F-:ur, sufficient to make a pouring batter. SXOW-BALL CAKE. S-:gr3.r I cup. S:-r crei:.. j. lable-spoonfula E^g:? 2. S~-..z a lirt'.e. Fiour to r :'■ ~ut. Cut into sma.i round cakes and tr^' in ho: ^ard, and while hot roll in p>owdered sugar. CAXADIAX CAKE. Flour 5^ pound. Pulv. sugar one-half pound. Fresh butter one-half fK>und. English currants ^4 pound. Orange-flower water i table-sjXKjnfuL The grated peel of half a lemon. Sift the flour and sugar together and rub in the butter and the beaten eggs, and the currants and orange water. Beat all until hght and creamy. Put into tins lined v^-ith buttered paper. Put in only thin, as it will raise welL Bake in quick oven. baker's division. 207 CORN STARCH CAKE. Whites of 5 eggs. Butter I cup. Sugar 2 cups. Sweet milk i cup. Corn starch I cup. Flour 2 cups. Cream of tartar i tea-spoonful.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.