Name: Old-Fashioned Sponge Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups of sifted white sugar; 2 cups of flour measured before sifting; 10 eggs; 1 pinch of salt; 1 very stiff froth and add them with the flour; 5 minutes; 2 large teaspoonfuls

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Two cups of sifted white sugar, two cups of flour measured before sifting, ten eggs. Stir the yolks and sugar together until perfectly light; add a pinch of salt; beat the whites of the eggs to a very stiff froth and add them with the flour, after beating together lightly; flavor with lemon. Bake in a moderate oven about forty-five minutes. Baking powder is an improvement to this cake, using two large teaspoonfuls.

2 cups of sifted white sugar
2 cups of flour measured before sifting
10 eggs
1 pinch of salt
1 very stiff froth and add them with the flour
5 minutes
2 large teaspoonfuls

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Two cups of sifted white sugar, two cups of flour measured before sifting, ten eggs.
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Stir the yolks and sugar together until perfectly light; add a pinch of salt; beat the whites of the eggs to a very stiff froth and add them with the flour, after beating together lightly; flavor with lemon.
3

Bake in a _moderate_ oven about forty-five minutes.
4

Baking powder is an improvement to this cake, using two large teaspoonfuls.

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