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BUTTER    SPONGE
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BUTTER SPONGE

8 ingredients 3 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

340
Calories
7g
Protein
22g
Fat
29g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

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 pint molasses
  • one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a cup of cream
  • a cup of cream
  • a pound of butter
  • twelve eggs in sugar
  • twelve eggs
  • four eggs
  • one teacup of ginger

Directions

1

The weight of twelve eggs in sugar, six in flour, and six in butter, twelve eggs and one lemon.

2

GINGERBREAD.

3

One pint molasses, four eggs, half a pound brown sugar, one teacup of ginger, cloves and allspice, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a cup of cream, flour enough to make the batter as thick as pound cake. Then add half a pound of butter. To be baked in moulds.

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

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