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      Title: Basic Sponge Cake
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      Yield: 10 Servings
 
      1 c  Cake flour
    1/4 ts Salt
      6    Eggs; separated
      1 c  Superfine sugar
      1 tb Lemon juice
      1    Lemon; grated rind of
           Powdered sugar; for
           .. sprinkling
 
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour bottom
  only of a loaf pan; line muffin cups with paper
  liners.
  
  2. Combine flour and salt. In a separate bowl beat
  eggs until thick and lemon colored. Beat egg
  whites in a large bowl until stiff but not dry.
  Add 2 tablespoons sugar at a time, beating well.
  Beat in lemon juice and rind.
  
  3. Fold yolks into whites gently. Fold in flour
  mixture slowly. Continue folding about 2 minutes
  to blend well.
  
  4. Fill loaf pan about three quarters full and
  muffin cups about half full. Bake cake 30 to 35
  mintues and cupcakes about 18 minutes or until
  test clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes before
  removing to wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle
  cake with powdered sugar.
  
  Makes 1 loaf and 12 cupcakes.
 
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