NEVER-FAIL SPONGE CAKE
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Category
DESSERTS
Author:
Spice & Spirit
Servings
8
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
A Never-Fail Sponge Cake is a light, airy cake with a fluffy texture and delicate sweetness.
Ingredients
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5 eggs, separated
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⅛ tsp. salt
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1 cup sugar
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2 Tbsps. lemon juice
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1 tsp. grated lemon rind
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1 cup flour
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium mixer bowl, beat egg whites with salt until foamy. Add ½ cup sugar and continue beating gradually until stiff. Set aside.
- In another bowl, beat yolks until light yellow in color.
Add remaining ½ cup sugar, continuing to beat. Add lemon juice and rind. Gradually add flour. Gently fold in whites until completely blended. Pour into ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. When done, immediately invert on top of soda bottle. Cool at least 3 hours so that it will not fall. When cool, loosen edges and remove cake from pan.
Recipe Note
USE: 10-inch tube pan
YIELDS: 1 cake
