New England Sponge Cake

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3 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon orange or lemon juice
1 ½ cups cake flour
1 tablespoon grated orange or lemon rind
½ cup boiling water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoon baking-powder

➔Beat egg yolks until thick, add sugar gradually, fruit juice, and rind. Add hot water, stirring constantly. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking-powder and salt. Fold into egg mixture. Fold in stiffly whipped egg whites. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan and bake in slow over (350F). About 40 minutes.

Florance Taft Easton, Concord, Mass. SearchLight Recipe Book ©1946