White Sponge Cake (No. 2)

Ingredients

• 13 eggs, whites only
• 4 yolks
• 1 pound of sugar
• 0.5 pound of flour
• 1 lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks and sugar till very light.

2. 2

   Add beaten whites and mix well.

3. 3

   Cut in flour with a knife and add lemon juice.

4. 4

   Bake very slowly for an hour and a half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

yolks and add to them the sugar and beat till very light. Add the whites, then the hot water, and last, beat the flour in very lightly. Put together with icing and flavor with lemon. This recipe makes a nice cake baked in a big mould or in layers or in muffin rings. Bake in a moderate oven. • 268 CAKES VENETIAN CAKE Mrs. Henry C. Buckner ^ cupful of butter, ^ cupful of powdered sugar, 1^ cupfuls of flour, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla, ^ cupful of almonds. Yolks of S eggs. Cream butter and sugar very light; add yolks well-beaten, the almonds cut; mix and add vanilla and stir in lightly the flour. The dough should be rather soft. Take a small piece at a time, drop into powdered sugar, roll in the hands in a ball an inch in diameter. Put a piece of pistachio nut on the top. Place the balls a little distance apart on a floured pan, and bake in a moderate oven 10 or 15 minutes. They will look like macaroons. WASHINGTON CAKE F. C. G. 1 pound of flour, ' 1 pound of brown sugar, ^ pound of butter, 1 cup of sweet milk, 269 THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK 1 teaspoon of soda, sifted with flour, 1 pound of raisins, stoned, ^ pound of currants, ^ pound of citron, 1 cup of English walnuts, chopped fine, 4 eggs, beaten together, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of cloves, ^ glass of whisky. BsJce in a 4-quart can, and in a slow oven. WHITE CAKE Mrs. Simms 1 large teacup of butter, 9, large teacups of sugar, S large teacups of flour, Whites of 12 eggs, 2 heaping teaspoons of baking-powder, 1 cup of sweet milk. If large mould is used, put in 2 cups of seeded raisins. Mix sugar and butter night before. Add flour and whites alternately — milk last, then ^ cup of flour with the baking-powder in it. no CAKES WHITE SPONGE CAKE (No. 1) Mrs. J. C. Berryman Whites of 12 eggs beaten very light. Beat in f pound of sugar, then stir, and put in slowly ^ pound of flour, a little at a time. Bake in pan ^ hour. WHITE SPONGE CAKE (No. St) R. V. G. 13 eggs, whites only, 4 yoUcs, 1 pound of sugar, ^ pound of flour, 1 lemon

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