White Sponge Cake
From Temperance cook book, 1887
Serves 5
To bleach butter, wash it in cold water until very white.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 105. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
WHITE SPONGE CAKE. Whites of twelve eggs, four cupfuls of powdered sugar, one tablespoonful of bleached butter, three cupfuls of flour, or two cupfuls of flour and one-half cup of cornstarch, four tablespoon- fuls of sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder
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