LEMON SPONGE

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 June 1914, Page 2

LEMON SPONGE

In hot weather lemon sponge is a very nice change from hot pies and puddings. To make the- sponge : Dissolve half an ounce of isinglass in half a pint of water over the fire, then add two ounces of castor sugar and the juice of two lemons. When nearly cold add the white of an egg beaten to a stiff froth, whip all the ingredients together until quite stiff, and pile the sponge in a rocky heap on a glass dish. To make it more ornamental half may be coloured pink with prepared cochineal, which can be had from a

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