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FRUIT    CAKE
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FRUIT CAKE

6 ingredients 1 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

644
Calories
20g
Protein
7g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Tea 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

  • ten cups flour
  • two pounds of currants
  • half pound citron
  • ten eggs
  • two tea^spoonsful of soda
  • two pounds o£ stoned raisins

Directions

1

Ten cups flour, four of brown sugar, five of butter, four of molasses, two of cream, ten eggs, two tea^spoonsful of soda. Mix the butter, molasses, and cream, and melt them, then stir in the sugar. Beat the eggs very light, mix in the flour two pounds o£ stoned raisins, two pounds of currants, half pound citron, with spice to taste. Bake in a slow oven.

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

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