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Sponge Cake (No. 2)

4 eggs (6 sometimes used) 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup Five Roses flour ¼ teacup water 1 teaspoon baking powder Pinch of salt Vanilla.

Beat eggs separately. Bring sugar and water to a boil, pour boiling syrup slowly on eggs after mixing them. Then beat for 10 minutes before adding the flour, which you sift 4 times with the baking powder.

Then stir in lightly. Add salt and flavoring. Bake in a pan with a funnel in centre. Sprinkle the top lightly with sugar before putting in oven. Bake very slowly for 40 minutes. Don't open oven for first 15 minutes.