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DELICATE   CAKE
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DELICATE CAKE

12 ingredients 8 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

754
Calories
21g
Protein
24g
Fat
113g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Water not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • three-fourths cupful of butter
  • two-thirds cupful of egg white
  • one-half cupfuls of three cupfuls of flour
  • two-thirds cupful of cold water
  • one teaspoonful of lemon juice one teaspoonful of almond
  • one-fourth teaspoonful of mace extract
  • half cupful of the flour
  • three sugar
  • one teaspoonful of almond
  • one-fourth cream tartar
  • one loaf
  • lemon juice

Directions

1

Three-fourths cupful of butter, Two-thirds cupful of egg white,

2

One and one-half cupfuls of Three cupfuls of flour and three

3

sugar, slightly rounding teaspoonfuls

4

Two-thirds cupful of cold water, of baking powder,

5

One teaspoonful of lemon juice One teaspoonful of almond and

6

or one-fourth teaspoonful of mace extract (one-fourth

7

cream tartar. mace).

8

Cream the butter ; add the sugar gradually and cream together ; add the eggs unbeaten, one-half at a time, and beat together until light ; add lemon juice ; sift the flour before measuring ; add water and flour alternately ; mix the baking-powder with the last half cupful of the flour and sift into the cake ; beat thoroughly, and add the flavoring ; beat the cake for five minutes after everything is added ; bake in a moderate oven — one loaf, fifty minutes.

By Tracy, Suzanne. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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