Steamed Sponge Cakes

Ingredients

• Three eggs beaten separately
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 heaping cup Dousman's Best Patent flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix all together.

2. 2

   Grease some teacups thoroughly.

3. 3

   Put a tablespoon of the mixture in each cup.

4. 4

   Steam for 20 minutes and roll in confectioner's sugar.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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