Chocolate Sponge

A dish built around butter and prepared powdered cocoa.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup prepared powdered cocoa
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon clove
  • ½ cup cold water
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ½ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream the butter; add cocoa, yolks of eggs well beaten, sugar mixed with cinnamon and clove, and water. Beat the whites of eggs, and add to first mixture alternately with flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Bake in small tins from fifteen to twenty minutes.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories471
Protein7.4 g
Fat21.9 g
Carbs63.0 g
Fiber1.8 g
Sodium339 mg

Source

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