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Hot Water Sponge Cake
A classic 1910 sweet built around yolks 2 eggs, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- Yolks 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅜ cup hot water or milk
- ¼ teaspoon lemon extract
- Whites two eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add one-half the sugar gradually, and continue beating; then add water, remaining sugar, lemon extract, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven in a buttered and floured shallow pan.
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