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WHITE  SPONGE  CAKE
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WHITE SPONGE CAKE

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

684
Calories
19g
Protein
18g
Fat
108g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients — the other 2 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
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rose not in our table 0
Brandy 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

  • one cup of powdered sugar
  • one-half cup of flour
  • one-half cup of corn starch
  • one teaspoonful of royal baking powder
  • one teaspoonful of rose extract
  • one pound of sugar
  • one pound of butter
  • one pound of flour
  • a pound of citron cut fine
  • eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth
  • ten eggs
  • one glass of brandy

Directions

1

Place a clean sieve over an earthen bowl and measure into the sieve one cup of powdered sugar, one-half cup of flour, one-half cup of corn starch, one teaspoonful of Royal baking powder ; run them through together ; have ready the whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth ; add one teaspoonful of rose extract ; mix thoroughly and bake in square tins about two inches deep in a quick oven. To serve it cut in small squares.

2

IMPERIAL CAKE. One pound of sugar, one pound of butter, one pound of flour, one of raisins (stoned), one of almonds (blanched), ten eggs, three-quarters of a pound of citron cut fine, one glass of brandy, one of rose water, mace.

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

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