Sponge Cake

Name: Sponge Cake
Ingredients: 5 eggs. separated; 2 Tbsp. cold water; 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar, sifted 4 times; 1/2 c. boiling water; 1/2 tsp. lemon extract; 1/2 tsp. vanilla; 1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour; 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar; 1/2 tsp. salt

9 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

5 eggs. separated
2 Tbsp. cold water
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar, sifted 4 times
1/2 c. boiling water
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

1

Beat egg yolks and cold water in small bowl for 5 minutes. Add sugar to boiling water in pan and stir a few minutes to dissolve some of the sugar.
2

Add sugar mixture to egg yolks and beat 5 minutes, changing to larger bowl when necessary.
3

Add lemon extract and vanilla.
4

Add cake flour to mixture and beat hard several revolutions of bowl.
5

Beat egg whites until foamy and then add cream of tartar and salt.
6

Beat until stiff but not dry.
7

Fold into cake mixture.
8

Bake in 10 inch tube pan.
9

Preheat oven to 275°, place cake on lower rack and turn oven to 325°.
10

Bake at this temperature about 25 minutes, then turn oven to 350° and finish baking.
11

Bake cake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.