Layer Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of water
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 level teaspoons of Dixie baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
• 9 tablespoons of water

Directions

Cake

1. Combine 1 1/2 cups of powder sugar, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons of water, 2 cups of flour, and 2 level teaspoons of Dixie baking powder.
2. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, then bake.

Cooked Icing Filling

1. 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar, 9 tablespoons of water, cook until it begins to rope.
2. Pour it into the whites of three eggs, well beaten.
3. Beat this until it cools.
4. Mix with it pecans or chocolate or any you prefer.
5. Spread between layers of cake. This will make four good layers.

— Miss. Mary Werlein.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Makayla Ferreyros
Louisiana Anthology
March 26, 2022