Recipe and source notes

Sponge Cake

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup boiling milk
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

Make it step by step

  1. Beat eggs until very light. Beat in sugar, salt, and vanilla. Beat in butter and boiling milk. Sift together flour and baking powder and beat in very quickly. Immediately pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done.

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Adapted from Foodista by Helen Pitlick, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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