Cream Sponge Cake

A dish made with yolks 4 eggs and sugar.

Cake

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • Yolks 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cold water
  • 1½ tablespoons corn-starch
  • Flour
  • 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Whites 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Steps

  1. Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and beat two minutes; then add water. Put corn-starch in a cup and fill cup with flour. Mix and sift corn-starch and flour with baking powder and salt, and add to first mixture. When thoroughly mixed add whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flavoring. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven. This is an excellent mixture to use for whipped cream pies.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories412
Protein0.0 g
Fat0.0 g
Carbs106.4 g
Fiber0.1 g
Sodium602 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States