Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of sifted flour
• Juice of 1/2 lemon and grated rind
• A little pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Separate eggs.

2. 2

   Beat yolks till like cream, add half the sugar and lemon.

3. 3

   Beat whites till stiff with salt.

4. 4

   Combine yolks and whites, then fold in flour.

5. 5

   Bake in moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Raleigh recipe book (1925) by Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Ladies, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPONGE CAKE 4 eg'gs Juice of I/2 lemon and grated 1 cup of sugar rind 1 cup of sifted flour A little pinch of salt Separate eggs. Beat yolks till like cream. To this add one-half the sugar and the lemon. Beat this five minvites. Beat whites till stiff, having added salt. Add to beaten whites the other half cup of sugar, then beat yolks and whites together, then fold in the flour. Bake in moderate oven. FOR JELLY ROLL Bake in thin pan for jelly roll, spread on jelly and roll tight. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Miss Mattie H. Bailey. LADY BALTIMORE CAKE (Original Charleston Recipe) One cup butter beaten to a cream with 2 cups sugar, add Syo cups of flour into which 4 level teaspoons of Royal Baking Powder has been sifted. Beat in gradually one cup of sweet milk and last stir in the whites of 6 eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Flavor with rose water or any flavoring preferred. Bake in three layers. FILLING Three cups sugar, one cup of water and boil until the syrup ropes and small hairs of syrup fly from the spoon at an angle. Pour boiling syrup very gradually upon the siffly beaten whites of three eggs. When mixture begins to thicken add one cup or more of chopped seeded rasins, 1 cup of chopped pecan nuts, or more, six freshly dried figs, sliced thin and cut up. This must be stirred in and spread between the layers, after which the cake can be frosted. Mrs. Chaeles E. Johnson, Sk. 52 LAYER CAKE— NUT AND RAISIN FILING 1 cup butter 6 eggs 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons Royal Baking 2 cups sugar Powder Pinch of salt Virginia Dare vanilla and lemon 3 cups flour to flavor This makes three lavers. ICING 4 cups sugar 2 teaspoons good vinegar 1 (light) cup cold water Boil together until it spins a thread, pour slowly over the unbeaten whites of four eggs, beating constantly until thick. Put enough of this mixture, to ice outside of cake in small, warm, covered bowl. Add one cup of chopped raisins and one cup of chopped English walnuts to re- mainder of icing and spread between layers. Then ice outside of cake with icing placed in bowl. Mrs. Louis Mauler. MOCHA CAKE No. 1 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup butter 4 eggs

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