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POUND CAKE
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POUND CAKE

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

102
Calories
7g
Protein
6g
Fat
6g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12

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

  • 9 eggs
  • 1 lemon
  • nutmeg

Directions

1

MADAM STEPHEN WARD, EAST CHESTER, N. Y. (1760).

2

_Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa._

3

One lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. flour, 9 eggs, juice of 1 lemon, nutmeg to taste. Rub the butter and sugar together until they cream. Beat the eggs well, separately, add the flour last of all, and beat until the dough is light and almost white.

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

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