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SPONGECAKE (another way)

Boil three-quarters of a pound of the finest loaf sugar pounded in a quarter of a pint of water containing a large spoonful of orange-flower water. Have ready the yolks of seven eggs and the whites of five beaten separately and then mixed, whisk them well, and as you do so pour into them the hot syrup. Stand the basin over a saucepan of boiling water, draw it back and whip the mixture for twenty minutes. Stir in lightly off the fire half a pound of dried and sifted flour. Add a little finely-shredded lemon-peel, and put the batter into the baking-pan, which must be greased and sugared as in the last recipe.