ANOTHER SPONGE CAKE.
Flour, one pound; sugar, one pound and a half, ten eggs, and a large tea-cup full of water. The water must be poured over the sugar and put on the fire to dissolve, and come nearly to the boil; meanwhile, beat the eggs separately very light; then mix them together, and add the dissolved sugar, beating it in the egg very hard; lastly, stir in the flour very slowly.