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Cream Sponge Cake


Prep
Cook
Serves
4

Directions

  1. Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and beat two minutes; then add water.

  2. Put corn-starch in a cup and fill cup with flour.

  3. Mix and sift corn-starch and flour with baking powder and salt, and add to first mixture.

  4. When thoroughly mixed add whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flavoring.

  5. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven.

  6. 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