Sponge Cake

Name: Sponge Cake
Ingredients: the whites of twenty eggs; two gobletfuls of flour; three gobletfuls of pulverized sugar; two teaspoonfuls of extract of lemon essence; one of cream of tartar

From Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them, 1890

Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

1467Calories

126 gProtein

11 gCarbs

95 gFat

Full nutrition (34 nutrients)

Calories1467 kcal

Protein126 g

Carbohydrates11 g

Fiber0 g

Sugars4.8 g

Total Fat95 g

Saturated Fat31 g

Monounsaturated Fat37 g

Polyunsaturated Fat19 g

Omega-30.4 g

Cholesterol3720 mg

Sodium1423 mg

Potassium2198 mg

Calcium561 mg

Iron18 mg

Magnesium121 mg

Phosphorus1981 mg

Zinc13 mg

Copper0.7 mg

Manganese0.3 mg

Vitamin D20 mcg

Vitamin C0 mg

Vitamin A1600 mcg

Vitamin E11 mg

Vitamin K3 mcg

Vitamin B61.7 mg

Vitamin B128.9 mcg

Thiamin (B1)0.4 mg

Riboflavin (B2)4.6 mg

Niacin (B3)0.8 mg

Folate470 mcg

Choline2940 mg

Caffeine0 mg

Water767 g

As published

This recipe was extracted from Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPONGE CAKE. BY MRS. WM. P. FRYE. (Wife of Senator from Maine.) ^IX eggs, beat two minutes ; three cups of sugar, beat five minutes ; two cups of flour, beat one minute ; one cup of cold water, beat one min- ute; two more cups flour, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar in the flour, beat one minute ; one teaspoonful of soda put in the water, one teaspoonful of lemon and salt. Make in ten minutes, if everything is in readiness. tfTslsl^ ^^ /^^-^Cl^O 3 (^T^^*^ AND SOW TO COOK THEM. 173 GINGERBREAD, BY MRS. WM. P. FItYE. (Wife of Senator from Maine.) £EKEE eggs, one cup of molasses, one cup of sour milk, one cup of chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of soda (heaping), two cups of flour, spice to taste. 174 STATESMEN'S DISHES; SPONGE CAKE. BY MRS. JOHN H. REAGAN. (Wife of Senator from Texas.) |AKE the whites of twenty eggs, two gobletfuls of flour, three of pulverized sugar, two tea- spoonfuls of extract of lemon essence, and one of cream of tartar

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