American Southern

Sponge Pudding

Name: Sponge Pudding
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb sugar; 12 each eggs; 0.5 lb flour; two tablespoons ground cinnamon

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 32. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

6Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

1 lb sugar
12 each eggs
1/2 lb flour
two tablespoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

1
Beat the sugar and yelks together until very light, and the whites to a stiff froth; add the flour with the white eggs, stirring very lightly.
2
Sauce—half pint brandy, one pint water, two cups sugar, quarter lb butter; flavor with peach.
3
To be eaten while warm.

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