Desserts
Cream Sponge Cake
- Prep
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- Cook
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- Serves
- 4
Directions
Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and beat two minutes; then add water.
Put corn-starch in a cup and fill cup with flour.
Mix and sift corn-starch and flour with baking powder and salt, and add to first mixture.
When thoroughly mixed add whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flavoring.
Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven.
This is an excellent mixture to use for whipped cream pies.
Notes from the cook
From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Public domain. Digitized by Project Gutenberg (eBook #65061).
Added by Craig Zeldin · May 12, 2026