Hot Water Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• Yolks 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• ⅜ cup hot water or milk
• ¼ teaspoon lemon extract
• Whites two eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Method

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add one-half the sugar gradually, and continue beating; then add water, remaining sugar, lemon extract, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven in a buttered and floured shallow pan.