Hot Milk Sponge

Ingredients

• 1.4 eggs
• 2.1.5 cup sugar
• 3.1 cup milk, brought to boil with butter
• 4.450 gram butter, boiled with milk
• 5.2 cup plain flour, sifted
• 6.4 teaspoon baking powder
• 7.jam, for filling between layers

Method

1. 1.Beat eggs and sugar very well.
2. 2.Throw on 2 cups sifted flour and beat. Add boiled milk and butter mixture. Beat.
3. 3.Add baking powder. Mix through and pour into two prepared 9" layer cake pans.
4. 4.Bake until done. This cake is very tasty if left un-iced.
5. 5.Put layers together with jam. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.
6. 6.Alternatively: whip 1 pint cream. To a third of the whipped cream, add drained chopped peaches (from a small tin). Use this as a filling between the layers. Use remaining cream to ice the cake. Trim as desired.

Notes

• A hot milk sponge — the milk and butter are boiled together then added to create a rich, moist crumb.
• The card also appears on the same page as Chocolate Eclairs.
• Butter quantity: 1 lb (450g) is unusually large for this style of sponge. May be an error for 1 oz (28g) or ¼ lb (115g).