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DELICATE CAKE
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DELICATE CAKE

4 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

633
Calories
20g
Protein
12g
Fat
109g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
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

  • one cup of cornstarch
  • one teaspoonful cream of tartar
  • one-half teaspoonful soda
  • seven eggs

Directions

1

One cup of cornstarch, one of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two of flour, the whites of seven eggs; rub butter and sugar to a cream; mix one teaspoonful cream of tartar with the flour and cornstarch; one-half teaspoonful soda with the sweet milk; add the milk and soda to the sugar and butter, then add flour, then the whites of eggs; flavor to taste. Never fails to be good.

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

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