Strawberry Sponge

Ingredients

• One quart of strawberries
• One-half box of gelatine
• Four eggs (whites)
• One and one-half cupful of water
• One cupful of sugar
• One lemon (juice)

Method

1. 1

   Soak the gelatine in half a cupful of the water.

2. 2

   Mash the berries and add half the sugar; press through a sieve.

3. 3

   Boil the rest of the sugar and water together for fifteen minutes, add the gelatine to this boiling syrup, remove from fire, and add the berries.

4. 4

   Place in cold water and beat until cool and beginning to thicken.

5. 5

   Add the whipped egg whites and beat until thickened considerably.

6. 6

   Pour into a mould and set away to harden.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 217. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STRAWBERRY SPONGE. One quart of strawberries. One-half box of gelatine. Four eggs (whites). One and one-half cupful of water. One cupful of sugar. One lemon (juice)

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