Cheap Sponge Cake

A dish that leans on yolks 3 eggs and sugar.

Cake

contains glutencontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • Yolks 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Whites 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vinegar

Steps

  1. Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; then add water, flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and vinegar. Bake thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven, in a buttered and floured cake pan.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories414
Protein4.3 g
Fat0.4 g
Carbs99.7 g
Fiber1.1 g
Sodium443 mg

Source

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