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A GOOD CUP CAKE
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A GOOD CUP CAKE

5 ingredients 2 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

582
Calories
19g
Protein
6g
Fat
108g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Syrup 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

  • four cupfuls of flour
  • five eggs beaten separately
  • one tea-spoonful soda
  • one tea-cupful sugar to a thick syrup
  • three eggs

Directions

1

Four cupfuls of flour, two of sugar, one of butter, one of buttermilk, five eggs beaten separately and very light, and one tea-spoonful soda. Bake in a quick oven ; when cold, ice it, and and cut in squares.

2

Idng. — Boil one tea-cupful sugar to a thick syrup, and stir into the whites of three eggs, beaten to a stifi" froth ; flavor with lemon. — Mrs. Geo. Davis.

By Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950. fmo · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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