HOT-WATER SPONGE CAKE
- 4 eggs
- 2 c. flour
- 1-1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp. soda
- 1-1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1/4 c. hot water
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Beat the eggs with a rotary beater until they are thick and lemon-colored. Sift the flour, powdered sugar, soda, and cream of tartar together several times. Sift these into the eggs and continue beating. When all of the dry ingredients have been added, pour in the boiling water, flavor with the vanilla, and pour into a sponge-cake pan and bake.
48. ORANGE SPONGE CAKE.--Sponge cake is delicious when it is flavored with orange. No leavening except the eggs is used in the recipe for cake of this kind. Lemon may be used in place of orange and 1/2 cupful of finely chopped nuts may be added.
ORANGE SPONGE CAKE
- 4 eggs
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 3/4 c. flour
- 2 Tb. orange juice
- 1/2 tsp. orange extract
Beat the eggs with a rotary beater until they are light and lemon-colored. Add the granulated sugar gradually. Sift into this the flour, and continue the beating until all are mixed. Add the orange juice and extract, pour into a sponge-cake pan, and bake.
49. SUNSHINE CAKE.--Nothing more delicious in the way of cake can be made than sunshine cake. It is especially nice to serve with a frozen dessert of some kind, for it is not too rich and it is attractive in color.
SUNSHINE CAKE
- 6 eggs
- 1/3 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 c. sugar
- 3/4 c. flour
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. vanilla