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EXCELLENT  SPONGE  CAKE
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EXCELLENT SPONGE CAKE

25 ingredients 29 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1101
Calories
48g
Protein
33g
Fat
154g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 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
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple Sauce 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon cloves
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups apple sauce without 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons soda dissolved 2 cups chopped currants
  • 2 cups chopped currants
  • 2 cups chopped raisins
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 pounds raisins
  • 2 cup citron
  • 5 cups flour
  • 3/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 24 pound pickled pork
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg- dissolve soda in apple sauce
  • 7 pork cake
  • salt

Directions

1

Mrs. Carlos Gressle.

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i cup sugar. I teaspoon baking powder,

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i tablespoon butter. 2 eggs.

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1 cup flour.

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Sift the flour, sugar, and baking powder together; melt the butter in a cup and break the eggs into it without beating; fill up cup with milk and stir into the flour mixture. Beat hard 5 minutes and bake in moderate oven.

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APPLE SAUCE CAKE No. 1.

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Mrs. Sam D. Fitton, Jr.

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1 cup sugar. y2 cup butter. iy2 cups apple sauce without il/2 cups raisins.

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sugar. 1 teaspoon soda.

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2 cups flour. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 teaspoon cloves. Salt.

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1 egg- Dissolve soda in apple sauce; cream butter and sugar; beat

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in the egg; add apple sauce and soda, flour, spices, and a pinch of salt. Beat well, and lastly add raisins.

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APPLE SAUCE CAKE No. 2.

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Miss Inez Wilson.

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2 cups sugar. 2 cups apple sauce without

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1 cup butter and lard mixed sugar.

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2 teaspoons cinnamon. y> teaspoon cloves.

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2 teaspoons soda dissolved 2 cups chopped currants or

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in a little boiling water. nuts.

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2 cups chopped raisins. 4 cups flour.

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y2 lb. citron. A little salt.

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Mix all together and bake in slow oven about 2 hours. Dredge nuts and fruit well with flour, to keep from going to bottom of cake.

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Cakes. 2 1 7

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2 cups sugar, i cup New Orl

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lasses. 2 pounds raisins, i cup currants. ]/2 cup citron. 5 cups flour.

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i teaspoon soda.

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i tablespoon cinnamon. Yz teaspoon cloves. 3/2 teaspoon allspice. Yi small nutmeg.

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i cup blanched almonds.

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24 pound pickled pork, fat only, chopped fine; scald with I pint of boiling water; when cold, pour in with other ingredients.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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