Boiled Sponge Cake
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil water in a pot.
In a bowl, beat the eggs until frothy.
Make the cake
Gradually add the beaten eggs to the boiling water, stirring continuously.
Cook until the mixture thickens.
Remove from heat and let cool before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Beaten eggs thicken as they cook, giving the mixture its structure and body.
- Water
- Boiling water heats the eggs quickly and provides the moisture that makes up the cake.
The step that matters
Adding the beaten eggs to the boiling water. Pouring the eggs in slowly while stirring constantly keeps them from clumping or scrambling. Continuous stirring spreads the heat evenly so the egg proteins set into a smooth, thickened mixture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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