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SPONGE  CAKE
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SPONGE CAKE

5 ingredients 2 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

582
Calories
19g
Protein
6g
Fat
108g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
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

  • two cups of sugar
  • half cup of water
  • half cups of flour
  • six eggs
  • one teaspoon of baking powder

Directions

1

MRS. J. LAIRD AND MISS JESSIE SWEENEY.

2

Two cups of sugar, a half cup of water, six eggs, one and a half cups of flour and one teaspoon of baking powder. Separate the eggs and beat the yolks and sugar to a cream, then put in the water; mix the baking powder with the flour and stir in, a little at a time, until thoroughly mixed; beat the whites to a stifi" froth and mix as lightly as possible through the cake, just before placing it in the oven. The oven must not be too hot when the cake is first put in.

By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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