Lemon Sponge Cups

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 grated lemon, rind of
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, add sugar, flour, salt, lemon juice and lemon rind --
• 2 seperate the eggs, and add the well beaten egg yolks, which have been mixed with the milk -- lastly --
• 3 beat egg whites till stiff --
• 4 then add them to cake batter.
• 5 pour into greased custard cups -- , set in a pan of water, coming about 1/4-1/2 up the side of custard cups.
• 6 bake 45 minutes at 350* --
• 7 this may be baked in a 2 quart dish also --
• 8 there will be lemon custard at the bottom and sponge cake on the top --
• 9 cool on wire rack --
• 10 i fill the custard cups a little more than 1/2 full -- .