Sponge Cake Roll

Ingredients

• Four eggs beaten separately
• one teacupful of white sugar
• one teacupful of flour
• one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• turn out on to a damp cloth

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs separately.

2. 2

   Mix sugar, flour, cream of tartar, and soda.

3. 3

   Bake quickly in a biscuit-pan.

4. 4

   Turn out on a damp cloth, put a layer of dressing over the surface, and roll up warm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 86. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sponge-cakk Roll. Four eggs beaten separately, one teacupful of white sugar, one teacupful of flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar mixed with the flour when it is sifted, half a tea- spoonful of soda dissolved in a little water ; bake quickly in a biscuit-pan ; turn out on to a damp cloth

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