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QUEEN    OF   CAKES
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QUEEN OF CAKES

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

841
Calories
21g
Protein
24g
Fat
134g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 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
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Whiskey 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

  • quarter pints flour
  • quarter pint butter
  • one tablespoonful whiskey
  • one pound sugar
  • quarter pound citron cut in shreds
  • quarter pound figs
  • half pound raisins seeded
  • one pound almonds
  • one pint very rich cream thoroughly chilled
  • six eggs
  • three layers
  • four eggs which have been beaten to a stiff froth
  • one teacup icing sugar
  • two eggs well whipped
  • three eggs

Directions

1

One and a quarter pints flour, quarter pint butter, three- quarters pint sugar, whites of six eggs, one tablespoonful whiskey. This is enough for three layers. While baking prepare your icing as follows : one pound sugar, boil until it ropes, then pour it over the whites of four eggs which have been beaten to a stiff froth. Beat hard, and add gradually quarter pound citron cut in shreds, quarter pound figs, cut in small pieces, half pound raisins seeded and cut, one pound almonds, blanched. Beat all thoroughly, and as it cools spread between the layers of cake on the top and sides. White filling for same cake : one pint very rich cream thoroughly chilled, one teacup icing sugar, whites of two eggs well whipped. Beat the cream till stiff and keep on ice, then add the sugar; three eggs, and flavor to taste.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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