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Birthday Cake
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Birthday Cake

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

1020
Calories
30g
Protein
29g
Fat
153g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Meat 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

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1¼ cups brown sugar
  • Yolks 2 eggs
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 3½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons Sherry
  • ½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • ½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
  • ⅓ cup currants
  • 2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
  • Whites 2 eggs

Directions

1

Follow directions for making butter cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting (see p. 532).

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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