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WHITE CAKE
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WHITE CAKE

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

693
Calories
20g
Protein
24g
Fat
96g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 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
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
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

  • two ounces of candied orange-peel
  • one pound of flour strewed in by degrees
  • four ounces of pounded almonds are sometimes added
  • a pound of fresh butter to a cream
  • a teaspoonful of mace
  • eight eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoonful
  • 1 wineglassful
  • mace

Directions

1

Beat half a pound of fresh butter to a cream, add to it an equal weight of dried and sifted sugar, the yolks and whites of eight eggs, separately whisked, two ounces of candied orange-peel, half a teaspoonful of mace, a glass of brandy, one pound of flour strewed in by degrees, and last of all a pound and a quarter of currants. Directly it is mixed send the cake to a well-heated oven, and bake it for two hours. Four ounces of pounded almonds are sometimes added to it.

2

Butter, 1/2 lb.; sugar, 1/2 lb.; eggs, 8; mace, 1/2 teaspoonful; brandy, 1 wineglassful; flour, 1 lb.; candied-peel, 2 oz.; currants, 1-1/2 lb.: 2 hours.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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