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Orange Sponge Cake

Sponge cake is delicious when it is flavored with orange. No leavening except the eggs is used in the recipe for cake of this kind. Lemon may be used in place of orange and 1/2 cupful of finely chopped nuts may be added.

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract

Instructions

Beat the eggs with a rotary beater until they are light and lemon-colored. Add the granulated sugar gradually. Sift into this the flour, and continue the beating until all are mixed. Add the orange juice and extract, pour into a sponge-cake pan, and bake.

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Source

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Volume 4

Categories

Sponge Cakes.