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LADY  CAKE
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LADY CAKE

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

691
Calories
20g
Protein
19g
Fat
108g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 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
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7

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 pound of loaf sugar
  • a pound of almonds
  • a pound of butter
  • a pound of flour
  • ten eggs

Directions

1

Beat to a stiff froth the whites of ten eggs, add

2

one pound of loaf sugar, blanch half a pound of

3

almonds, and pound them very well with some rose

4

110 FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK.

5

water ; beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter, then add the sugar ; stir in alternately with half a pound of flour, the eggs and the almonds; bake one hour and a half.

By Hodgson, Mary, fl. 1855 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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