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POUND    CAKE
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POUND CAKE

10 ingredients 5 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

758
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
125g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Pastry 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

  • one cupful of butter
  • one cupful of sugar
  • two cupfuls of pastry flour
  • one teaspoonful of baking pow- one teaspoonful of extract -- vanilla
  • half cupful of the flour
  • one cupful of stoned raisins
  • a pound of citron to the batter
  • five eggs
  • one teaspoonful of extract -- vanilla
  • one quarter of a pound of citron to the batter

Directions

1

One cupful of butter, One cupful of sugar,

2

Five eggs, Two cupfuls of pastry flour,

3

One teaspoonful of baking pow- One teaspoonful of extract — vanilla, der, lemon and a few drops of mace.

4

Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar and cream together ; add the eggs, unbeaten, one at a time, beating at least three minutes between each egg; add the flour sifted, mixing the baking-powder with the last half cupful of the flour ; lastly add the extracts, beating the cake thoroughly ; bake in a loaf in a moderate oven fifty minutes ; if baked in a sheet it may be cut in fancy shapes and iced with con- fectioners' icing.

5

A white fruit cake is made by adding one cupful of stoned raisins or currants, or one quarter of a pound of citron to the batter.

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

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