Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
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 |
| Sour Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cassia | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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 cup of butter scant you take
- one pint of sugar brown
- one tablespoonful of cassia take
- one cup of sour milk i must name
- four cups of flour
- one pound of each to make this cake
- one-quarter pound of citron sliced like shavings -- thin
- four eggs now add
- one whole nutmeg after you grate
- 58 grayville cook book
- nutmeg
- cloves
Directions
If fruit cake good you wish to make,
The rule below you safely take ;
And following the same with care —
You may with confidence compare
With any that your friends may make.
Now for the formula of the cake :
One cup of butter scant you take,
In a good-sized dish the cake to make;
One pint of sugar brown and sweet,
Four eggs now add, be sure to beat;
One whole nutmeg after you grate,
One tablespoonful of cassia take,
Also of cloves three-fourths the same,
Now one cup of sour milk I must name,
Four cups of flour, sift several times ;
This stiffens all and well combines;
Of currants and raisins take
One pound of each to make this cake;
One-quarter pound of citron sliced
Like shavings — thin and fine as dice,
The fruit add last, well floured white,
And then the cake will be all right.
A dessert spoon of soda add dry;
Remember not to heap it high.
Do not neglect to beat all well,
For in the eating this will tell,
And now I'm sure you know your lesson,
But, I will add, eat with discretion. — G. J. Partelow.
58 GRAYVILLE COOK BOOK