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PLAIN POUND CAKE
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PLAIN POUND CAKE

7 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

721
Calories
20g
Protein
19g
Fat
110g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
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

  • one pound of butter
  • one pound of sifted flour
  • one pound of sugar
  • twelve eggs
  • one grated nutmeg
  • one glass of wine
  • one glass of rose-water

Directions

1

This is the old-fashioned recipe that our mothers used to make, and it can be kept for weeks in an earthen jar, closely covered, first dipping letter paper in brandy and placing over the top of the cake before covering the jar.

2

Beat to a cream one pound of butter with one pound of sugar, after mixing well with the beaten yolks of twelve eggs, one grated nutmeg, one glass of wine, one glass of rose-water. Then stir in one pound of sifted flour and the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Bake a nice light brown.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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