Lively Lime Sponge Cake
- 1 14 cups all-purpose flour
- 13 cup sugar
- 6 eggs, separated
- 14 cup lime juice
- 14 cup water
- 23 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons finely shredded lime peel
- 34 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 12 cup sugar
- 1 cup whipping cream (optional)
- 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
- lime slice (optional)
- In a small bowl, stir together flour and 1/3 cup sugar; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat egg YOLKS with an electric mixer on high speed for about 6 minutes until thick and lemon-colored or until yolks flow from the beaters in a thick stream when the beaters are lifted.
- Add lime juice and water.
- Beat on low speed about 30 second or until combined.
- Gradually add the 2/3 c sugar, beating on medium speed for about 5 minutes or until sugar is ALMOST dissolved.
- Gradually add 1/4 of flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture, beating on low to medium speed just until moistened.
- Repeat, beating in the remaining flour mixture by fourths.
- Stir in shredded lime peel.
- Thoroughly wash beaters.
- No salmonella for you.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat egg WHITES and cream of tartar on medium to high speed until soft peaks form (when the tips curl).
- Gradually add the 1/2 cup sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on medium to high speed until stiff peaks form (when tips stand straight up).
- Fold about 1 cup of the egg WHITE mixture into the egg YOLK mixture.
- Then fold all of the egg YOLK mixture into the remaining egg WHITE mixture.
- Gently pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 1 hour or until the top springs back when lightly touched.
- Immediately invert cake pan onto a glass or onto a baking sheet; completely cool.
- Using a narrow metal spatula, loosen sides of cake from pan.
- Then remove cake from pan.
- If desired, for a whipped cream topping, in a medium mixing bowl, beat whipping cream and 2 tablespoons sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe on top of cake.
- If desired, garnish cake with lime slices.
flour, sugar, eggs, lime juice, water, sugar, lime peel, cream of tartar, sugar, whipping cream, sugar, lime slice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lively-lime-sponge-cake-189876 (may not work)