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RIBBON  CAKE
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RIBBON CAKE

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

702
Calories
20g
Protein
7g
Fat
139g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Coffee 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

  • half cups sugar
  • half teaspoonful soda
  • four cups flour
  • one cup raisins
  • one-quarter pound citron
  • two tablespoonfuls molasses
  • one cup of cold coffee
  • one cup molasses
  • one tablespoonful of ground coffee
  • one cup english currants
  • a cup of currants
  • four eggs
  • two loaves of the same size
  • three loaves together

Directions

1

Two and a half cups sugar, one of butter, one of sweet milk, tea- spoonful cream tartar, half teaspoonful soda, four cups flour, four eggs. Reserve a third of this mixture, and bake the rest in two loaves of the same size, Add to the third reserved one cup raisins, one-quarter pound citron, a cup of currants, two tablespoonfuls molasses, teaspoon- ful each of all kinds of spice ; bake in a tin the same size as other loaves ; put the three loaves together with a little icing or currant jelly, placing the fruit loaf in the middle ; frost the top and sides.

2

GERMAN COFFEE CAKE. '

3

Get ready some flour, with a heaping teaspoonful of soda stirred in ; then one cup of cold coffee, one cup molasses, one of sugar, one of sour milk, one of shortening (meat-frying preferred), one tablespoonful of ground coffee, one of ground spices ; stir into the flour to a good stiff batter, add one cup English currants, washed, rubbed dry, and a little flour rubbed over them that they may not cause the cake to settle ; stir all together well and bake slowly.

By Goff, May Perrin, [from old catalog] ed · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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