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MAINE SPONGE CAKE
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MAINE SPONGE CAKE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

533
Calories
19g
Protein
6g
Fat
96g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78

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

  • ten eggs
  • half their weight in flour
  • two thick loaves in six by nine

Directions

1

Mrs. Gov. Conner, Maine, 1820.

2

Ten eggs, their weight in sugar and half their weight in flour ; beat the yolks with the sugar and flavor with lemon ; beat the whites to a stiff" froth and add them to the yolks and sugar ; sift the flour in and stir quickly ; it must not be beaten after flour is put in ; bake immediately. This will make two thick loaves in six by nine" pans.

By Women of the First Congregational Church (Marysville, Ohio) · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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