Sponge Cake

Name: Sponge Cake
Cuisine: Tennessee
Ingredients: 7 eggs; 3 cups sugar; 1 pinch salt; 1 cup water; 3 cups flour; 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder; vanilla extract; orange or lemon

Origin: Clarksville, Tennessee

Source: Martha McCulloch-Williams, 1913

Ingredients

7 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 pinch salt
1 cup water
3 cups flour
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
vanilla extract
orange or lemon

Instructions

Beat the egg yolks very light with the sifted sugar and a pinch of salt. Gradually add the cup of hot water. Sift the flour three times with the baking powder, then fold this into the egg mixture. The batter must not be too thin. Fold in last the stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into greased pans and bake in a quick oven. Flavor with vanilla, and add orange or lemon to the frosting.