Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| 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 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 4 teaspoon cream tartar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 square bitter chocolate
- a pound of unshclled nuts used in the cake
- 5 eggs
- two layer cake pans
- 2 eggs
Directions
y2 cup butter. ix/i cups sugar.
y2 cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla.
2^4 cups flour. y± teaspoon soda.
«)4 teaspoon cream tartar. Whites of 5 eggs.
Cream butter and sugar gradually ; add milk and vanilla, flour sifted with soda and cream tartar. Last fold in whites of eggs ; spread in two layer cake pans. Press halves of English walnuts into top of one of layers to make lengthwise rows of nut meats. Sprinkle the whole with white sugar. Bake 20 minutes.
Chocolate Nut Frosting.
1 cup sugar. y2 cup water.
Yolks of 2 eggs. 1 square bitter chocolate.
y2 teaspoon vanilla. Chopped nuts.
Boil sugar and water until it threads. Pour on the beaten yolks ; pour this on melted chocolate. Add chopped nuts re- maining from a pound of unshclled nuts used in the cake ; add vanilla; beat until cold enough to spread.
Cakes. 231-