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BLACK CAKE
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BLACK CAKE

12 ingredients 8 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

307
Calories
16g
Protein
14g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Brandy not in our table 0
Mace 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

  • 1 1/2 gills brandy
  • 1 quart of milk
  • 10 eggs
  • 2 lbs
  • 1/4 orange
  • 2 nutmegs
  • five lbs
  • 1 1/4 lbs
  • 12 eggs
  • nutmeg
  • mace
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

(Wedding cake.)

2

_Contributed by Elizabeth W. Paul Morris, Mrs. Frederick Wistar Morris, “Dundale,” Villa Nova, Pa._

3

Given to me by my old aunt, 1820, Mary Paid Lownes; used in our family for all weddings.

4

One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of brown sugar (light), 9 or 10 eggs, 2 lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, ½ lb. of citron, ¼ orange and lemon peel, 2 oz. cinnamon, ¼ oz. ground cloves, 2 nutmegs, 1½ gills brandy. Send to confectioner to bake.

5

(Old Dutch Recipe.)

6

From the old Dutch book of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, married September 18th, 1787, to John Bradstreet Schuyler.

7

_Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, her Great-Granddaughter._

8

Five lbs. of flour, 1¼ lbs. of butter, 2 lbs. of sugar, 12 eggs, 1 quart of milk, a small quantity of thick yeast. Nutmeg, mace and cinnamon to taste, with a quantity of stoned raisins. The butter sugar and milk must be warmed together. Add the rest, but while it is very hot. Mix in the morning and stand until afternoon.

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

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