"I think I heard Mother say that once." She was not at all sure, but she greatly wanted to help Kitty if possible.
"All right," said Kitty, and having already put in three cups of flour, she added to the mixture three heaping tablespoonfuls of baking powder.
"Now for the raisins," she said.
"I didn't know sponge cake ever had raisins in it," said Marjorie.
"It doesn't, usually," said Kitty, "but I thought it would add an extra touch." She stirred them in, and then they poured the batter into a cake tin.
"It does look lovely," said Midget, tasting it with a spoon.

"It tastes pretty good, but not as good as it looks.

I guess it'll be lovely when it's baked.

Open the oven, King." King threw open the oven door with a flourish, and the girls pushed the big pan inside.
"Shut it quick!" warned Kitty.

"The cake falls unless you do! It must bake three-quarters of an hour." And then they all waited patiently for the time to take it out..