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PRUNE  CAKE
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PRUNE CAKE

11 ingredients 6 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

932
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
146g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 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
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Prune 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-half cupfuls of sugar
  • one cupful of milk
  • one-half cupful of butter
  • three cupfuls of flour
  • one-half pound fresh prunes
  • 79 pound of seeded raisins
  • one-half pound of figs
  • three small teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • three eggs
  • three layers
  • two table- spoonfuls of sugar beaten

Directions

1

One and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, one-half cupful of butter, three small teaspoonfuls of baking powder, whites of three eggs, nearly three cupfuls of flour. Bake in two or three layers.

2

Filling. — One-half pound fresh prunes, one-half

3

THE GOOD CHEER COOK BOOK. 79

4

pound of seeded raisins, nearly one-half pound of figs. Steam the prunes so you can remove the pits; chop all together ; add the pulp and rind of a lemon, two table- spoonfuls of sugar beaten with the yolks of three eggs ; let this warm in a steamer so it will stick together, then spread between the layers and frost the top.

5

Mrs. H. Oakland,

6

New Jersey.

By Chippewa Falls, Wis. Episcopal church. Ladies aid society. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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