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Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 2 teacupfuls of powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoonfuls of milk or water
• pinch of salt
• flavoring
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder

Instructions

Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs. Beat the yolks to a cream, to which add powdered sugar, beating again from five to ten minutes, then add milk or water, salt and flavoring. Now add part of the beaten whites; then flour in which you have sifted baking powder; mix gradually into the above ingredients, stirring slowly and lightly, only enough to mix them well; lastly add the remainder of the whites of the eggs. Line the tins with buttered paper and fill two-thirds full.

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Source

The White House Cookbook (1887)

Categories

Sponge Cakes.