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BOW  TOW  CAKE
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BOW TOW CAKE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

777
Calories
18g
Protein
37g
Fat
98g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Brandy not in our table 0
Cake 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

  • two cups of sugar
  • three-fourths cup of butter
  • two teaspoons of price's baking
  • half pounds of raisins
  • one pound of figs
  • one-half pint of good brandy
  • one pound of white sugar
  • one cup of sweet milk
  • one teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring
  • one cupful of sugar in the juice of a large lemon
  • one cup of sugar
  • a pound of butter
  • ten eggs
  • half cake of baker's chocolate sifted
  • three eggs very light
  • one large apple grated
  • one lemon
  • four eggs
  • two large lemons
  • butter the size of a walnut and added to the mixture

Directions

1

Whites of ten eggs ; two cups of sugar, three of flour, three-fourths cup of butter, two teaspoons of Price's baking ])owder.

2

Filling. — One and a half pounds of raisins, seeded and cut flne; one pound of figs, cut flne ; put into a pan and add one-half pint of good brandy, with enough water to make it soft enough for a jelly ; put on the fire and mix well with your hand while it is warm. — Miss Gable Darby., Hotoard county, Mo.

3

CHOCOLATE FII.MXG FOR CAKE.

4

Half cake of Baker's chocolate sifted, one pound of white sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one-fourth of a pound of butter, one teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring. Put tlie sugar, milk and butter in a small kettle and let it come to a boil, stirring it occasionally ; then add the chocolate and let it cook until thick enough to spread nicely ; add the vanilla after it is taken from fire. — Mis. J. W. Kllpatrlck.

5

liEiUOW BUTTER.

6

Dissolve one cupful of sugar in the juice of a large lemon ; beat three eggs very light, mix well with the sugar ; butter the size of a walnut and added to the mixture ; boil till very thick, stirring constantly ; place between layers of cake flavored with lemon. — Mrs, Wllcoxon, Fayette., Mo.

7

L.EMOW FIL.EIXG.

8

One cup of sugar, one ^%^., one large apple grated; the inside of one lemon, half the rind grated in; cook after mixing; let it get cold before using. — Mrs. John L. Morrison^ Fayette, Mo.

9

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10

Four eggs, two cups of sugar, two large lemons, put in the oven and baked until soft ; squeeze the juice into the sugar and eggs. Set the stew pan in a pan of hot

11

102 THE MISSOURI COOK BOOK.

12

water and cook till very thick, stirring frequently. — Miss Pensie Darhy, Howard county, Mo.

By Fayette (Mo.). Baptist Church, Ladies of the · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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