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Cheap Sponge Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Cheap Sponge Cake

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

585
Calories
19g
Protein
6g
Fat
108g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 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
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
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

  • Yolks 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Whites 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vinegar

Directions

1

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; then add water, flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and vinegar. Bake thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven, in a buttered and floured cake pan.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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