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SCOTCH  SHORT-CAKE
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SCOTCH SHORT-CAKE

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

546
Calories
20g
Protein
7g
Fat
99g
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
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
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

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 4 teaspoonfuls of cloves
  • 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
  • 5 o'clock tea
  • 3 eggs

Directions

1

Afiss Mary G. Bristol.

2

I pound of flour; yi pound butter; % pound of sugar; pincli of salt.

3

Better to mix without water. Bake in a round cake % inch thick, pricked with fork and fluted edges. Break in pieces, and serve at 5 o'clock tea.

4

MRS. COMMONS' SPICE CAKE.

5

3 eggs; I cup of sugar; }i cup of butter; ^ cup of sweet milk; yi cup of molasses, into which put soda size of a bean; 2 cups of flour; i teaspoonful of baking powder; I coffeecup of raisins; i teacup of currants; i ]4 teaspoonfuls of cloves; 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon.

6

Stir the butter and sugar together. Add the molasses and soda and spices, then the eggs, well beaten; then the milk; the flour, in which the baking powder has been sifted, and lastly the frnit dredged with flour.

By Fredonia, N.Y. Trinity parish guild, comp. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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