Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• One pound sugar
• ten eggs
• the white of six eggs
• juice of a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks and sugar, then add beaten whites.

2. 2

   Mix in flour without beating.

3. 3

   Bake until done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Popular cook book (1899) by Seeman Printery, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPONGE CAKE. One pound of finely pulverized loaf sugar, nine eggs, and twlve ounces dried and sifted flour; beat the whites and yolks separately nearly half an hour then beat the sugar with the eggs until it foams, flavor with extract lemon, stir in the flour lightly, pour in a buttered cake pan and bake an hour. Miss M. P. MAncuo. [ 89 ] OLD TIME STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. Bake shortcake, rich yeast powder biscuit dough about one inch thick split in half and butter heavily both sides while hot. The finest strawberries should be reserved for top decorations, the others cut in half and sugared heavily, remaining in sugar four or five hours. Now lay between crusts the cut berries and pour the juice. On the top may be spread whipped cream sweet- ened and fresh berries placed on top. MATTIE SOUTHGATE JONES. moa akhe A POUND: CAKE. One pound water, one pound milk, one pound flour, well sifted, one pound of lard well mixed in with clean hands; one pound soda, one pound Royal Baking Pow- der, one pound salt, one pound butter, one pound vanilla flavoring. Mix all well together with the clean hands, above mentioned and beat the mixture in a clean tub, Get together all the ovens and pans so they may be ready in time of need. If the soda and baking powder should make the substance rise too much, let the surplus be put in another oven and so on until the vessels are filled. Bake until done and there will likely be more cake than the neighbors can consume. JAMES SOUTHGATE. BLACK CAKE, Cream one pound butter, break one pound eggs in a pitcher near the fire to warm, one pound flour, one pound brown sugar, two poundsseeded raisins, one pound currants, half pound citron, one pound blanched almonds, cut fine; two wine glasses brandy, half ounce cloves one nutmeg, one gill of molasses; warm all these ingredients [ 90 ] before mixing and beat with the hand, first eggs and sugar then add. butter, flour, currants and raisins. Mrs. SAUNDERS. DELICIOUS CAKE. One-half cup sugar, two thirds cups butter, cream them together, add the whites of five eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, then add one-half corn starch dissolved in a little sweet milk, stir in not quite two-thirds cup sweet milk and two-and-a-half cups sifted flour, two teaspoon- fuls baking powder and one of vanilla. FILLING. One-half cup water, one and one-half cups white sugar; let it boil a few minutes until it drops thick and heavy, then pour on the whites of eggs, beaten very stiff and a spoonful of lemon. This cake to give perfect satisfaction should be four days old. Delicious cake. Mrs. BK. M. GRAHAM. CHOCOLATE CAEN O28). Four eggs, two cups brown sugar, one-half cup butter, two cups flour, one teaspoonful soda sifted with flour, one-half cake Baker’s chocolate grated and melted, one- half cup sweet milk. Use coffee cup for measuring. Bake in layers (four) and put together with boiled icing flavored with vanilla and cover cake with same. MRs.+ C. 2C i DAYLOR, BUACK CHOCOUA TH "CAKES amu: Take one cake Baker’s chocolate and grate it, the yolks of three eggs, two cups brown sugar, one cup sweet [ 91 | milk; cook until it thickens, after it cools, add the following batter: one cup butter, two cups brown sugar, four eggs, four cups sifted flour, one cup sweet milk, one tablespoonful vanilla, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little milk; bake in layers. For the icing: take the whites three eggs, three cups sugar and juice one lemon. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth; boil the sugar with a small cup water until it ropes, then pour it in the eggs and stir hard. Excellent. MAMIE Down. DIgACK “CAKE, One and one-half pounds flour, one and three-fourth pounds butter, one and three-fourth pounds sugar, eight- een eggs, four pounds raisins, three pounes currants, two pounds of citron, three tablespoonfuls mixed spices, cinnamon, mace and sinall quantity of cloves, four nut- megs, two large glasses brandy and wine, one of rose water. ‘‘My mother’s receipt used on State occasions.’’ Mrs. BONNA BLOUNT WILLARD. Ph Rea es CAd rE: Two pounds raisins, two poundscurrants, two pounds citron, twelve eggs, one and one-fourth pounds sugar, one pound flour, one-half pints of rum and brandy mixed; cinnamon, cloves and two nutmegs, tablespoon- ful of each. Raisins must be fresh; fruit must be rubbed in flour and citron cut in small pieces. NURS | BaD WV WHIEDR PERERECTION CAKE. Three cups sugar, one butter, one milk, three flour, one corn starch, whites of twelve eggs beaten to a stiff froth; two tablespoonfuls cream of tartar in the flour, and one of [ 92 ] soda in half the milk; dissolve the corn starch in the rest of the milk, and add it to the sugar and butter well beaten together; then add milk, soda, flour and whites of eggs. This cake is rightly + “Pettectionss NRG eal) G CARRS ‘“BARBADOES PLUM CAKE.” To a well compounded pound cake add two pounds rais- ins, stoned and chopped; two pounds currants, picked washed and pounded, with half pint cherry wine, two pounds citron cut up (not very fine). Mix a little dry flour with them before adding them to the pound cake. Grate the rind of a good fresh lemon, squeeze to it the juice, and add mace, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, each a tablespoontul, and a erated nutmeg. Bake slowly. Mrs. BESSIE LEAK. SPONGE CAKE. One pound sugar, ten eggs; the white of six eggs in flour; beat the yolks then add the sugar to them; beat the whites to a stiff froth and add them; season with the juice ofa lemon

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