Old-fashioned honey sponge cake
10 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | (Heaping) Cake Flour, |
| Sifted | ||
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 5 | larges | Eggs, separated |
| ½ | cup | Granulated Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Honey |
| ¼ | cup | Hot Water |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Vanilla Extract |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon Rind, grated |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Cream Of Tartar |
| Confectioner's Sugar Or | ||
| Honey Icing -- (see recipe) | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 F. Sift flour and salt together and set aside.
Beat egg yolks until frothy, stir in sugar, honey, hot water, vanilla, and lemon rind until well blended. Add flour mixture and blend well. In a separate bowl beat egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter mixture. Pour batter into alightly greased 9-inch tube pan and bake for 50 mins, or until the edges shrink from the sides of the pan and it is form to the touch in the middle. When cool, dust with powdered sugar or frost with Honey Icing.
Yield: 10 to 12 slices.
Recipe By : Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine - ISBN 0-385-47270-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-18-95 (159) Fido: Cooking
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