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Chocolate Sponge Cake Recipe
- 7 eggs, separated
- 2/3 c. plus 2 tbsp. sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/3 c. plus 2 tbsp. sifted cocoa
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line jelly roll pan or cookie
sheet with sides with foil, overlapping the ends. Grease and flour foil.
Beat egg yolks and 2/3 cup sugar until thick and tripled in volume. Beat in vanilla.
In clean, large bowl beat egg whites until foamy; add remaining 2 tablespoons
sugar and pinch of salt. Beat until stiff peaks form.
Fold 1/3 of whites into yolks to lighten. Sift cocoa over top of this mixture
and fold in gently. Fold in remaining whites. Spread in prepared pan and bake
15 minutes.