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SPONGE DROPS
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SPONGE DROPS

4 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

584
Calories
20g
Protein
12g
Fat
96g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51

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

  • one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
  • a teaspoonful of saleratus are thoroughly mixed
  • three eggs
  • one heaping coffeecup of flour

Directions

1

Beat to a froth three eggs and one teacup of sugar; stir into this one heaping coffeecup of flour, in which one teaspoonful of cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful of saleratus are thoroughly mixed. Flavor with lemon. Butter tin sheets with washed butter and drop in teaspoonfuls about three inches apart. Bake instantly in a very quick oven. Watch closely as they will burn easily. Serve with ice cream.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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