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GERMAN COFFEE CAKE
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GERMAN COFFEE CAKE

9 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

746
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

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
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Water 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

  • 11/2 cups flour
  • 44 cup lukewarm water
  • one-fourth cup butter creamed
  • one-half cup sultana raisins
  • one-half cup sugar
  • 1 cake yeast
  • one-third cup sugar
  • two beaten eggs
  • 59 inch thick

Directions

1

1 cake yeast. 11/2 cups flour.

2

44 cup lukewarm water.

3

Dissolve yeast in water; add flour, beat well, let rise to nearly double its bulk, then add one-fourth cup butter creamed with one-third cup sugar, two beaten eggs. Add one-half cup Sultana raisins and flour enough to make stiff batter, or enough to knead like bread. Let rise, work down, and spread in buttered pans, making dough about one-half

4

inch thick. When light put in oven, sprinkle with sugar and chopped nuts. Brush top with melted butter before sugar and nuts are put on bread. Some cover with Coating made of confectioners' sugar and water made into a paste. This recipe can be rolled out, cut in shapes and made into sweet rusks by adding one-half cup sugar, a few more raisins and nuts.

By Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Lyles, 1860-1924 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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