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A VERY OLD RECIPE

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

139
Calories
6g
Protein
6g
Fat
14g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Brandy not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0
Water 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

  • a wineglass of brandy
  • a tablespoon of mace
  • a wineglass of hot water
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 nutmeg
  • 1 dessertspoon of soda dissolved in a wineglass of hot water
  • nutmeg

Directions

1

This is Mrs. Dolly’s own favorite cake, and was taken from the original book.

2

_Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa._

3

One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of raisins stoned and chopped, 6 eggs and a wineglass of brandy, 1 nutmeg, a tablespoon of mace, 1 dessertspoon of soda dissolved in a wineglass of hot water. Beat the butter to a cream, rub the yolks of the eggs and the sugar together, add the butter, whip the whites to a stiff froth, add alternately with the flour, then the brandy and the nutmeg and lastly the soda. Stir the whole mixture lightly and quickly and bake in a deep pan with the same heat required for pound cake.

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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