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Hot Water Sponge Cake

One cup of granulated sugar, two eggs, one cup of sifted flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, one-half teaspoon of vanilla, one-third cup of boiling water. Beat sugar and eggs thoroughly together, add the flour in which the baking powder has been mixed, then the flavoring, and lastly the hot water, and bake at once in a moderately hot

— Mrs. Celia S. Chadwick

oven.