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Thanksgiving 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Last night, to celebrate my oldest daughter’s 7th birthday (which we are celebrating again today, and celebrated before on Wednesday), I made my grandmother’s sponge cake<\/a>. It has been over 25 years since I’ve had it, but I think what I made was pretty close to the original. The cake, perhaps, wasn’t as light – and the lemon curd was too creamy-looking (I remember my grandmother’s as being more translucent). But it tasted quite close to what my grandmother made, and it was very yummy.<\/p>\n

At first I thought the recipe she used came from the Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook<\/a> that she used, but then I found a recipe typed up into my aunt Gladys’ recipe notebook<\/a>, so that’s the one I made. Here is the recipe.<\/p>\n

August 2011 update<\/em><\/p>\n

My oldest wanted sponge cake for a tea we were hosting yesterday so I revisited this recipe with her.\u00a0 It was fun making it together, though a bit messy giving all the sifting and we used up lots of bowls.\u00a0 This time I didn’t make the lemon curd (even as a child I preferred with with whipped cream as a frosting), but rather served it along side fresh strawberries and blueberries and whipped cream.\u00a0 It was a big success with kids and adults alike.\u00a0 Thanks Granny!<\/p>\n

December 2020 update<\/em><\/p>\n

I made this again for our coronavirus Christmas dinner<\/a> – nuclear family only – and it was a huge success.\u00a0 This time I didn’t add any cream to the filling, and I added only 1\/2 cup of cream to the remainder to use as frosting.\u00a0 I think this is how I’ll make it in the future.<\/p>\n

This cake was extra special because we used lemons from the tree that started growing on its own besides our house – probably a child of the lemon tree our neighbors used to have.<\/p>\n

November 2022 Update<\/em><\/p>\n

I made the cake for my Thanksgiving dinner<\/a> this year at my oldest’s request.\u00a0 Even though I didn’t eat it until the next day, as I was too tired for dessert that night, it was perfect and just like I remembered it from my childhood. Like the time before I didn’t add cream to the filling and only 1\/2 cup of cream to the frosting, and it’s definite the right way to make it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Granny’s Sponge Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n