Sunshine Cake

Ingredients

• five large fresh eggs
• one cup of granulated sugar (sifted)
• one cup of flour (sifted)
• one tablespoonful of lemon juice
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Have the material, pans, and oven all in readiness.

2. 2

   Put the whites into a large bowl or a round-bottomed crock.

3. 3

   Beat the yolks rapidly until thick and creamy.

4. 4

   Next add the sugar, which has been flavored with the oil of the lemon, and beat again very thoroughly.

5. 5

   Set this to one side, add the salt to the whites, and whip until light and frothy, but not stiff.

6. 6

   Add the lemon juice, and beat until very stiff.

7. 7

   Pour slowly into the whites the yolk and sugar mixture, stirring constantly until thoroughly mixed.

8. 8

   Last add the flour very carefully.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Healthful cookery (1904) by E. E. Kellogg, page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sunshine Cake. — Take five large fresh eggs, one cup of granulated sugar (sifted), one cup of flour (sifted), one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and a pinch of salt

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