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WHITE SPONGE CAKE
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WHITE SPONGE CAKE

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

690
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
110g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 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
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Rose not in our table 0
Brandy 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 of sugar
  • 1/2 cupful of flour
  • 1 teaspoonful of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoonful of extract of rose
  • one cupful of butter
  • 1-1/2 cupfuls of flour
  • 1/2 teaspoonful of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoonful of the extract of cinnamon
  • 8 eggs
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 glass of brandy
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

Whites of 8 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 1/2 cupful of flour, 1/2 of cornstarch, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, 1 teaspoonful of extract of rose; sift the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and powder together; add it to the whites of the eggs whipped to a dry froth, and the extract, mix gently but thoroughly; bake in a cake-mould well buttered, in a quick oven 30 minutes.

2

MADELAINES.

3

One cupful of butter, 1 cupful of sugar, 3 eggs, 1-1/2 cupfuls of flour, 1/2 teaspoonful of baking powder, 1 glass of brandy, 1 teaspoonful of the extract of cinnamon, slightly melt the butter in a cake bowl; add the sugar and eggs; stir a few minutes; add the flour, sifted, with the powder, the extract, and the brandy; mix into a batter that will almost run; bake in well-greased muffin-pans in a moderate oven 20 minutes; pour on the top of each a little transparent icing to cover, and add a few colored comfits.

By Margaret Brown · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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