No. 116 Sponge Cake, No. 2
Six eggs, 3 cupfuls sugar, 4 cupfuls flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 1 cupful cold water, pinch of salt, 1 teaspoonful extract of lemon. Beat the eggs and sugar together 5 minutes; add the flour, sifted, with the salt and powder, the water and extract; bake in a shallow square cake-pan, in a quick, steady oven, 35 minutes; when removed from the oven, ice it with clear icing, made of 1 cupful sugar, 1 tablespoonful lemon juice, and whites of 2 eggs; mix together, smooth, and pour over cake. If the cake is not hot enough to dry it, place it in the mouth of a moderately warm oven.