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LADY  BALTIMORE  CAKE
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LADY BALTIMORE CAKE

14 ingredients 8 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

983
Calories
29g
Protein
32g
Fat
146g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients — the other 4 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
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Water not in our table 0
Rose not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0
Nuts 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

  • 1 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder » cream the butter
  • 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder » cream the butter
  • 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful boiling water dissolve sugar in boiling water
  • 1 cupful boiling water dissolve sugar in boiling water
  • 1 cupful butter 1 teaspoonful rose water 2 cupfuls flour 2 eggs 3j cupfuls s
  • 1 teaspoonful rose water 2 cupfuls flour 2 eggs 3j cupfuls sweet milk 1 cupf
  • 2 cupfuls flour 2 eggs 3j cupfuls sweet milk 1 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls b
  • 2 eggs 3j cupfuls sweet milk 1 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder »
  • three layer cake tins
  • 3 cupfuls granulated sugar 1 cupful chopped nuts 3 eggs 5 figs cut into thin str
  • 1 cupful chopped nuts 3 eggs 5 figs cut into thin stripes 1 cupful chopped rai
  • 3 eggs 5 figs cut into thin stripes 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful boiling
  • 5 figs cut into thin stripes 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful boiling water
  • 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful boiling water dissolve sugar in boiling wate

Directions

1

1 cupful butter 1 teaspoonful rose water

2

2 cupfuls flour 2 eggs

3

3J cupfuls sweet milk 1 cupful sugar

4

2 teaspoonfuls baking powder »

5

Cream the butter with wooden spoon, add sugar gradually, beating continuously, then the milk and flavouring, next the flour into which the baking powder has been sifted, and lastly the stiffly beaten white of eggs; mix in lightly. Bake in three layer cake tins, in a hot oven, hotter than would be required for an ordinary cake.

6

3 cupfuls granulated sugar 1 cupful chopped nuts 3 eggs 5 figs cut into thin stripes

7

1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful boiling water

8

Dissolve sugar in boiling water, cook until it shreads, then pour it over the stiffly beaten whites of eggs, stirring constantly. Add to this the raisins, nuts and figs; spread between layers.

By Hamilton, Margaret · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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