NEVER-FAIL SPONGE CAKE
Spice & Spirit
8
25 minutes
50 minutes
DESSERTS
A Never-Fail Sponge Cake is a light, airy cake with a fluffy texture and delicate sweetness.
Ingredients
5 eggs, separated
⅛ tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsps. lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 cup cake 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.
