Recipe - Master Recipe For Beaten Sponge Cake

4 Eggs separated
3 tablespoon Lukewarm Water
1/3 cup Sugar
One half Lemon with peel grated
Optional
1 cup AllPurpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder

Prepare and measure all ingredients. Grease an 8inch springform cake pan.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the egg yolks, water, half the
sugar and lemon, if desired, in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer
510 minutes or until pale and creamy. Beat the egg whites until stiff and
fold in remaining sugar. Carefully fold eggwhite mixture. Sift the flour
with the baking powder. Fold into egg mixture. Turn the batter into
prepared pan. Smooth the surface and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a
wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool slightly in the
pan then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. It will be easier to cut
the cake into layer if it is allowed to stand overnight.

Note: When preparing the pans for a sponge batter, I find its easier to
remove the cake from the pan when the bottom has been lined with wax paper.
First, evenly coat the baking surface to include sides of pan with softened
butter. Cut a sheet of wax paper to fit exactly, then press in place; then
butter the paper. Then dust the pan with a One half cup of flour, evenly
coating all sides and bottom.

Recipe By : Best of Baking by Wolter and Teubner Page 11

From: Dscollin@aol.Com Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 22:06:15 0500

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