Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
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 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Mace | 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 of butter
- one-half cup of milk
- one-half cups sugar
- three cups flour
- two teaspoonfuls star crystal baking powder
- one saltspoonful mace
- one-half teaspoonful extract lemon
- half cup currants
- three eggs beaten separately
- 37 mixtures
- two white ones
- six eggs
Directions
One cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, one and one-half cups sugar, three cups flour, three eggs beaten separately, two teaspoonfuls Star Crystal Baking powder, one saltspoonful mace, one-half teaspoonful extract lemon. Cream the butter and add sugar gradually, then the yolks of eggs, then the flavoring; sift the baking powder with the flour and add alternately with the milk, lastly beat in the whites. This is the foundation for almost all the butter cakes given previously. Use one-half the butter and scant the flour and it makes all the layer cake
HINTS ON CAKE MAKING. 37
mixtures. Color one-third the dough with spices and add one- half cup currants and chopped raisins, bake in jelly cake tins, placing the dark layer between the two white ones, fasten together with frosting and cover top and sides thickly with boiled frosting. Omit the milk and use six eggs and it is a rich loaf cake, etc. Mrs. Campbell.