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WASHINGTON CAKE
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WASHINGTON CAKE

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

228
Calories
24g
Protein
7g
Fat
12g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Brandy 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 pint sour cream
  • 1 wineglass sherry
  • 1 wineglass brandy
  • 1 tablespoonful ground cloves
  • 2 tablespoonfuls ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoonful ground nutmeg
  • four eggs
  • 1 1/4 lbs
  • 3/4 lbs
  • 1 3/4 lbs
  • one large

Directions

1

EMILE VICTORINE WIERMAN, (1850).

2

_Contributed by Mrs. Theo. N. Ely, Bryn Mawr, Pa._

3

Four eggs, 1¼ lbs. sugar, ¾ lbs. butter, 1 pint sour cream, 1¾ lbs. fruit-raisins and currants mixed, ¼ lb. citron, 1¾ lbs. flour, 1 wineglass sherry, 1 wineglass brandy, 1 tablespoonful ground cloves, 2 tablespoonfuls ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoonful ground nutmeg. Mix as an ordinary fruit cake. Bake in well greased earthenware Turk’s head, in slow oven, probably 2 hours. This makes one large and one small cake.

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

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