Name: Longstreet Sponge Cake
Ingredients: 6 cups flour; 6 tablespoons cold water; 1 teaspoon baking powder

Longstreet Sponge Cake

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

6 cups flour
6 tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Mix the flour, cold water, and baking powder lightly.
Pour the mixture into a baking pan.
Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) until golden.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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Longstreet Sponge Cake