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Molasses Pound Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Molasses Pound Cake

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

971
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
156g
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
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Mace 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

  • ⅔ cup butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • ⅔ cup molasses
  • 2⅛ cups flour
  • ¾ teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ¼ teaspoon clove
  • ¼ teaspoon mace
  • ½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • ⅓ cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips

Directions

1

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten, and milk and molasses. Mix and sift flour with soda and spices, and add to first mixture, then add fruit. Bake in small buttered tins from twenty-five to thirty minutes in a moderate oven. This recipe makes twenty-four little cakes.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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