Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Fig | 1 medium (50g) | 37 |
| Pecan Nut | 1 half (4g) | 20 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Meat | 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 until very creamy
- two cups of fine granulated sugar
- one cup of milk alternately
- one-half cups of pastry flour mixed
- one teaspoon vanilla
- three cups of granulated sugar
- one cup boiling water
- one cup of raisins seeded
- two tea- spoons of royal baking powder
- six eggs beaten until stiff
- three layers
- one lemon may be added to mixture of butter
- three eggs
- one cup of chopped pecan nut meats
- five figs cut in strips
Directions
Work one cup of butter until very creamy, using a wooden cake spoon. Add gradually while stirring and beating constantly, two cups of fine granulated sugar. Then add one cup of milk alternately with three and one-half cups of pastry flour mixed and sifted with two tea- spoons of Royal Baking Powder. Add one teaspoon vanilla and fold in the whites of six eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Bake in three layers and put between and on top fruit and nut filling. The juice of one lemon may be added to mixture of butter and sugar and milk after they are creamed together before flour is added.
Fruit and Nut Filling. — Three cups of granulated sugar, add one cup boiling water. Bring to boiling point and let boil until syrup will thread when dropped from top of spoon. Pour gradually onto the beaten whites of three eggs and beat until nearly of the right con- sistency to spread. Add one cup of raisins seeded and one cup of chopped pecan nut meats and five figs cut in strips, soak figs in warm water, then dry and cut, continue beating until right to spread. — Mrs. Mathews.