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ECONOMICAL CAKE
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ECONOMICAL CAKE

3 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

276
Calories
14g
Protein
13g
Fat
25g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49

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 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
  • 1/2 pint of milk
  • 4 eggs

Directions

1

1756. INGREDIENTS.--1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of sugar, 1/4 lb. of butter or lard, 1/2 lb. of currants, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, the whites of 4 eggs, 1/2 pint of milk.

2

_Mode_,--In making many sweet dishes, the whites of eggs are not required, and if well beaten and added to the above ingredients, make an excellent cake, with or without currants. Beat the butter to a cream, well whisk the whites of the eggs, and stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the oven. When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the soda, put the cake into a buttered mould, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1-1/2 hour.

3

_Time_.--1-1/2 hour. _Average cost_, 1s. 3d.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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