Recipe - Butter Sponge For French Pastry

1 Egg
3 Egg yolks
3 One half tablespoon Melted butter
6 tablespoon Flour
1 teaspoon Grated lemon rind
2 One fourth tablespoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/3 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon Salt

Combine eggs and sugar. Heat over hot water, beating constantly until warm
(95 F). Remove from fire and beat until cool and stiff. Add flour which
has been sifted, measured, and sifted with cornstarch, salt, and baking
powder. Mix as lightly as possible. Add lemon juice and rind. Add butter
slowly, stirring constantly. Pour into welloiled pan. Bake in moderate
oven (375 F) about 20 minutes. When cool cut into various shapes. Ice with
different colored icing. Decorate with fancy designs of contrasting colors.
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