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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)

929
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
144g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 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
Maple Syrup 1 tbsp (20ml) 52
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Water not in our table 0
Fudge 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 pound figs
  • three cups hot water
  • one pound maple fudge
  • two cups milk
  • two tablespoons of corn starch
  • half pound blanched almonds chopped fine
  • one-quarter pound citron cut fine
  • two tablespoons corn starch moistened
  • one cup sugar
  • half cup butter
  • one pint new boiled milk
  • half cup flour
  • two cups sugar
  • three-quarters cup maple sugar
  • a cupful of water
  • a cupful of finely chopped figs
  • a pint of milk
  • a small piece of butter
  • half cup sugar
  • two yolks well beaten
  • one layer
  • two eggs

Directions

1

Fig Filling. — Cook together a cupful of water and one of sugar; add a cupful of finely chopped figs. Cook to a paste, and when smooth spread on or between cake.

2

Fig Filling. — Take one pound figs, chop fine and put into a stewpan on the stove ; pour over three cups hot water and add half cup sugar. Cook all together until soft and smooth. — Mrs. Chas. King.

3

Maple Fudge Filling. — Melt one pound maple fudge, and when of the right consistency spread on layers. When this is partially dry spread on chocolate filling. If preferred use a thick, white, creamy icing, instead of the chocolate. — Mrs. A. H. Ellington.

4

Charlotte Polonaise Cake Filling. — Two cups milk, two- thirds cup sugar, butter size of egg. Let come to a boil and have ready two yolks well beaten with two tablespoons of corn starch or flour, which has been rubbed to a paste. Add some of the boiling milk to this, pour all together and stir till it thickens, flavor after it cools with vanilla. To one-half of this add half pound blanched almonds chopped fine; to the other one-quarter pound citron cut fine. Bake white layer cake and use the almond filling on one layer and the citron on the next. Then ice the cake. — Mrs. Sam Lancaster.

5

Cream Filling. — Boil nearly a pint of milk, then stir into it two tablespoons corn starch moistened with a little milk, two eggs, one cup sugar; when nearly done, add half cup butter and flavor to taste.

6

Cream Filling. — One pint new boiled milk, one cup sugar, half cup flour, two eggs; beat eggs, sugar and flour together and pour hot milk over it. Wash vessel, return to fire and cook thick over hot water. Spread between cakes. — Mrs. Wilson.

7

Prauline Filling for Cakes. — Two cups sugar, three-quarters cup maple sugar and enough cream to moisten thoroughly; add when it boils a small piece of butter; when it thickens stir

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

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