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HOW  WE  COOK  IN  TENNESSEE
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HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

991
Calories
29g
Protein
35g
Fat
137g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 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
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Water not in our table 0
Marshmallow 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

  • one cup boiling water
  • three cups of sugar
  • one-half cups of butter
  • one cup of sweet milk
  • five cups of flour
  • two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • two cups of white sugar
  • half cup buttermilk
  • one teaspoon soda
  • half cup hot water
  • two cups brown sugar
  • one tablespoon butter
  • half cup milk
  • one cup sugar
  • half cup butter
  • three cups flour
  • one cup grated chocolate
  • two cups sugar
  • one tablespoon vinegar
  • half cup water
  • one-quarter pound marshmallows
  • half cup sweet milk
  • a cup of water
  • a cup of cold water
  • ten eggs
  • three eggs beaten stiff
  • two cups
  • half cup
  • two eggs
  • half cake sweet chocolate dissolved in half cup hot water
  • three eggs beaten separately
  • one egg
  • three layers
  • three eggs well beaten
  • one cake grated sweet chocolate

Directions

1

fresh marshmallows, one cup boiling water. Boil sugar and water until it ropes well from spoon; have marshmallows broken in small pieces; add to boiling syrup, keep well under until they melt, then pour into well beaten whites of eggs and beat until smooth and cold. — Mrs. B. 0. Snider.

2

Marshmallow Cake. — Whites of ten eggs, three cups of sugar, one and one-half cups of butter, one cup of sweet milk, half a cup of water, five cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.

3

Filling. — Two cups of white sugar, half a cup of cold water ; cook till it begins to drop thick from the spoon; add fifteen cents worth of fresh marshmallows ; mash until dissolved ; pour this into the white of three eggs beaten stiff; then spread on cake.

4

Devil's Food. — Brown sugar two cups, butter half cup, two eggs, half cup buttermilk, one teaspoon soda, half cake sweet chocolate dissolved in half cup hot water. Beat eggs together in a bowl, add butter not creamed, add milk with soda in it, then flour, chocolate and raisins last. Use caramel filling: — Two cups brown sugar, one tablespoon butter, half cup milk; stir while cooking and put on the cake just before it begins to harden. — Mrs. J. C. Lanham.

5

Devil's Food. — One cup sugar, half cup butter, three cups flour, three eggs beaten separately, half cup milk. Then take one cup grated chocolate, half cup milk, one cup sugar, yolk of one egg and let come to a boil. Add this to the cake batter, and bake in three layers.

6

Filling. — Two cups sugar, one tablespoon vinegar, half cup water. Cook till it candies real stiff; add one-quarter pound marshmallows, the whites of three eggs well beaten. — Mrs. Hibernia Neil.

7

Devil's Food Cake. — Part First. — One cup sugar, one cake grated sweet chocolate, half cup sweet milk, yellows of three

By Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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