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ORANGE CAKE
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ORANGE CAKE

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

196
Calories
8g
Protein
6g
Fat
28g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Rose 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 pound of double refined loaf sugar
  • a pound of almonds beaten
  • a pint of rose water
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 beaten separately
  • 3 oranges

Directions

1

The recipe was written by Penelope Jones, the mother of Commodore Jacob Jones, United States Navy.

2

_Contributed by Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick, Germantown, Phila., from her Great-Grandmother Rodney’s recipe-book, 1700._

3

Take 15 oz. of flour well dried, a pound of double refined loaf sugar, half a pound of almonds beaten with half a pint of rose water, the yolks of 4 eggs, the whites of 4 beaten separately, rind of 3 oranges, grated. All beaten together with some slices of citron and candied orange peel.

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

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