Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Eggs | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- three cups sugar
- two cups flour
- one cup cold water
- one tumbler sifted flour
- one heaping teaspoon cream tartar
- ten fresh eggs
- one good sized round tin
- six eggs two minutes
- two min- utes
- one-half teaspoon saleratus dissolved
- salt
Directions
Mrs. L. H. Smith. One tumbler sifted flour, one and one- half of powdered sugar, one heaping teaspoon cream tartar, and a little salt ; sift all together into a dish ; beat the whites of ten fresh eggs, and stir (not beat) very carefully into the flour and sugar until well mixed. Bake with great care in a mod- erate oven, in one good sized round tin, with an opening in the center. Flavor with extract lemon, and put it in with the whites of the eggs. This is an excellent cake.
/ BEEWICK SPONGE CAKE.
Fannie L. Beat six eggs two minutes (yolks and whites together) ; add three cups sugar, and beat five minutes ; two cups flour and one teaspoon cream tartar, and beat two min- utes ; add one cup cold water with one-half teaspoon saleratus dissolved in it, and beat one minute ; add the grated rind and half the juice of a lemon, a little salt and two more cups of flour, and beat another minute, observing the time exactly. Bake in rather deep cake pans. Extract of lemon will answer.