Sponge Cake

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 teaspoons lemon flavoring

Beat eggs, add sugar, then half the flour, then the rest of the flour, to which has been added 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add boiling water and flavoring. Bake in a rather hot [400°F] oven 20 minutes.

The Rich Chocolate Icing on the icing page was intended for a sponge cake. Or you could use this cake in an Apple Charlotte or a trifle.

Orange Sponge Cake

Carol's box of Jeffs recipes included an Orange Sponge from cousin Louise Lockhart. If you save one egg white as she directs, you could make white icing.

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• juice of 1 orange, plus enough water to make 1/2 cup
• 1 1/4 even cup pastry flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• salt

Separate eggs, reserving 1 white for the icing. Beat the yolks until creamy. Add sugar gradually, then orange juice and water. Beat until the mixture bubbles. Add flour gradually [with soda and cream of tartar], then fold in the beaten whites of two eggs.

Bake 30 to 40 minutes. [I would use a moderate oven, about 350°F]