Sponge Cakes

Ingredients

• 6 ozs. flour
• 6 ozs. castor sugar
• 6 yolks
• 4 whites of eggs
• A gill of milk

Method

1. 1

   Sift the flour and put it in front of the fire to dry.

2. 2

   Cream the sugar and egg-yolks, and beat or whisk for at least twenty minutes.

3. 3

   Now add the milk and the flour, together with the whites of eggs, which have been whisked to a stiff froth; the flour and egg-whites must be whisked in very lightly and by degrees.

4. 4

   Three parts fill some well buttered and sugared or floured sponge cake moulds, and bake in a moderately heated oven for about thirty minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The exhibition cookery book (1900) by Expert chef, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPONGE CAKES. 6 ozs. flour j 6 ozs. castor sugar 6 yolks aucl 4 whites of eggs A gill of milk

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