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A NICE PLAIN CAKE FOR CHILDREN
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A NICE PLAIN CAKE FOR CHILDREN

5 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

161
Calories
8g
Protein
9g
Fat
13g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12

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

  • 1/4 pint of warm milk
  • 1 quartern of dough
  • 1/2 grated nutmeg
  • half fill
  • three parts full

Directions

1

1767. INGREDIENTS.--1 quartern of dough, 1/4 lb. of moist sugar, 1/4 lb. of butter or good beef dripping, 1/4 pint of warm milk, 1/2 grated nutmeg or 1/2 oz. of caraway seeds.

2

_Mode_.--If you are not in the habit of making bread at home, procure the dough from the baker's, and, as soon as it comes in, put it into a basin near the fire; cover the basin with a thick cloth, and let the dough remain a little while to rise. In the mean time, beat the butter to a cream, and make the milk warm; and when the dough has risen, mix with it thoroughly all the above ingredients, and knead the cake well for a few minutes. Butter some cake-tins, half fill them, and stand them in a warm place, to allow the dough to rise again. When the tins are three parts full, put the cakes into a good oven, and bake them from 13/4 to 2 hours. A few currants might be substituted for the caraway seeds when the flavour of the latter is disliked.

3

_Time_.--1-3/4 to 2 hours. _Average cost_, _1s. 2d._

4

_Seasonable_ at any time.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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