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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)

926
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
140g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5

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

  • two cups brown sugar
  • half cup butter
  • one cup sweet milk
  • three cups flour
  • four teaspoons cinnamon
  • six cups flour
  • four cups sugar
  • two cups butter
  • one cup buttermilk
  • two teaspoons bak- ing powder
  • one cup molasses
  • half cup buttermilk
  • one cup milk
  • one cup of butter
  • three cups of sugar
  • one tablespoonful of allspice
  • one cup sugar
  • two cups flour
  • one teaspoon baking powder
  • half cup butter creamed
  • three teaspoons royal baking powder
  • one cupful of sugar
  • half cupful of butter
  • half cupful of milk
  • two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • five eggs
  • one nutmeg
  • eight eggs
  • half tea- spoon baking powder
  • two tea- spoons cinnamon
  • two spice
  • two baking powder
  • three eggs
  • one teaspoonfnl of yeast powder
  • one egg
  • one spoon butter
  • three cups sugar
  • ten whites
  • two tea- spoonfuls of vanilla
  • two eggs
  • one loaf

Directions

1

wine glassful of spices, and a teaspoonfnl of soda. Mix like pound cake. — Gulf City Cook Book.

2

Spice Cake. — Two cups brown sugar, half cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, yolks five eggs, one nutmeg, four teaspoons cinnamon, two of cloves, two of baking powder. Use the whites for icing. — Mrs. Lee Agnew.

3

Spice Cake. — Whites sixteen eggs, six cups flour, four cups sugar, two cups butter, one cup buttermilk, two teaspoons bak- ing powder.

4

Dark Part. — Yolks eight eggs, three cups flour, one cup molasses, half cup butter, half cup buttermilk, half tea- spoon baking powder, spices. Half of this recipe makes a medium size cake. — Mrs. W. H. Wilson.

5

Spice Cake. — Two cups brown sugar, half cup butter, one cup milk, three cups flour, yolks five eggs, one nutmeg, two tea- spoons cinnamon, two spice, two of cloves, two baking powder. Use whites for icing. — Mrs. Lee Agnew.

6

Spice Cake. — Three eggs, one cup of butter, three cups of sugar, four of flour, one of milk, one teaspoonfnl of yeast powder, one tablespoonful of allspice, ginger, cloves, cinna- mon and half a nutmeg. — Gulf City Cook Book.

7

Cheap Cake. — One egg, one cup sugar, two cups flour, one spoon butter, one teaspoon baking powder. — Mrs. Ed. Mercer.

8

Everyday Cake. — Half cup butter creamed with three cups sugar, one cup milk, ten whites, six cups flour, three teaspoons Royal baking powder. Bake in biscuit pan. Ice with thick icing, and cut in squares. — Mrs. E. J. Taylor.

9

Plain Cake. — One cupful of sugar, half cupful of butter, half cupful of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tea- spoonfuls of vanilla, two eggs, flour to thicken. This will make one loaf. Cream the butter and sugar together, add the beaten eggs, the milk, vanilla and flour, then the baking powder. Flour varies so much that the exact quantity cannot be given, but enough has been added when the track made by the spoon

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

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