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MOLASSES POUND CAKE
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MOLASSES POUND CAKE

10 ingredients 6 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

499
Calories
15g
Protein
31g
Fat
42g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
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

  • 1 pint of molasses
  • 1 teaspoon of pearl ash
  • 1 cup of cream
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 teaspoons full of saleratus
  • 2 teaspoons of nutmeg
  • one half lbs
  • 3 eggs
  • two teacups of sugar
  • 2 teacups of buttermilk

Directions

1

MRS. MARIE LOUISE JONES, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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_Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa._

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Two and one half lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 pint of molasses, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of pearl ash, 1 cup of cream, spices to taste.

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DOUGHNUTS.

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_Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, West Orange, N. J._

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Two teacups of sugar, 2 teacups of buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 teaspoons full of saleratus, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg.

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

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