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GINGER POUND CAKE
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GINGER POUND CAKE

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

405
Calories
15g
Protein
19g
Fat
46g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
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
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

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

  • one cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • one third cup dark molasses
  • one third cup ginger
  • one third teaspoon cinnamon
  • one third teaspoon cloves
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • two thirds teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk
  • 3 eggs well beaten
  • 1 heaping teaspoon cream of tartar mixed

Directions

1

MRS. CARY, BALTIMORE (1830).

2

One cup brown sugar, 5 oz. butter, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs well beaten, one and one third cup dark molasses, one third cup ginger, 9 oz. flour, ½ lb. raisins floured, one third teaspoon cinnamon, one third teaspoon cloves, and 1 teaspoon allspice, 1 heaping teaspoon cream of tartar mixed with the flour, two thirds teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk and put in the last thing.

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

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