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Delicious Cream Sponge Cake

Yolks 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 3 tbsp. cold water, 11/2 tbsp. cornstarch, 1 scant cup of flour, 11/2 tsp. Royal baking powder, 1 tsp. lemon extract, 1/4 tsp. salt, whites 4 eggs. Beat yolks until thick; add sugar gradually and beat two minutes. Then add water, mix and sift cornstarch, flour, baking powder and salt, and add this to the first mixture. Fold in stiffly-beaten whites and flavoring. Bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven. This cake may be made with two eggs, and using two additional teaspoons of baking powder, and two additional tablespoons of water.

— Lena M. Davis