Sorry ...Need g'mothers sponge cake

[pjw]

The posting below title's should have read I need my grandmother's recipe. I am really sorry about this and will know site etiquette next time.

pjw

[Chris in NM]

Hi and welcome pjw!!!!!

I did a search on this Board and came up with the following. Hope this is close to what you are looking for.

Chris in NM

17 Pie and Pudding Recipes / Lemon Custard Cups on: Oct 9th, 2002, 7:40pm
Started by Mamie | Post by Mamie
This recipe creates a sponge cake that comes to the surface while baking, with a great lemon sauce under it.

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
3 beaten egg yolks
3 stiff beaten egg whites

Combine the sugar, flour, oil, and a dash of salt.
Add lemon zest, and juice.
Stir the milk into the egg yolks; add to lemon mix.
Fold in the egg whites.
Pour into 8--5ounce custard cups.
Set the custard cups into a shallow pan.
Pour hot water around them, 1 inch deep.
Bake at 325 40 minutes, or until the cake part is done.

[pjw]

thanks so much but no thats not it
it was sort of a sponge/pound hybrid!?!
thanks anyway tho
pjw

[cuteascountry_Shortcake]

Hi pjw,

I thought you might like to have a look at this posting on Uncle Phaedrus' website.

Shortcake

Mom's Sponge Cake
----- Original Message -----
From: Helen
To: phaedrus
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 10:43 AM
Subject: sponge cake

Hi Phaed:

Thought I had this sponge cake memorized, but.... Here are the ingredients as I remember them and also instructions:

5 eggs, separated
l cup flour
l cup sugar
1 teaspoon (?) flavoring

Whisk eggs until lemon color Set aside
Whisk together the flour and sugar.
Add flavoring to eggs and whisk into dry ingredients-mix well.
Whisk egg whites until peaks form-fold into batter.
Pour into 11"x7" pan-do not remember whether pan is greased or not!
I also forgot time and temperature!! Also, I take it my memory served me well as far as ingredients and amounts go?
Can you help??

Thanks, Helen

Hi Helen,

Well, I must have a thousand sponge cake recipes in my database, and half said grease the pan but the other half said ungreased. However, the one that was closest to your recipe said "grease and flour the pan". The flavoring is most probably vanilla flavoring.

Not having exactly the same recipe you are trying to remember, I can't say whether your amounts are exactly right. Below, however, is the recipe at which I was looking. Try it and see if you like the end result.

Phaed


MOM'S SPONGE CAKE

Ingredients :
4 eggs
1 c. milk
2 c. white sugar
2 tbsp. butter
2 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation :
Place upon the stove, milk and butter and heat until warm, not hot. Beat eggs and sugar until lemon colored. Flour and baking powder with milk and butter and vanilla. Grease and flour a sheet cake pan. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Test with toothpick. If done, remove from oven.

This recipe was found at:
www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m062301.htm

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