Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Rose | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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 pounds sugar
- 1 1/2 pounds flour
- 1 1/4 pounds butter
- 1 teaspoonful baking powder
- one cup chopped raisins
- 1 cup english walnuts
- 1 teaspoonful of vanilla
- 1 teaspoonful of rose
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 tumblerfuls of water
- one egg at a time
- three large round cakes
- two tumblers sugar
- 1 tumbler water
- 2 eggs well beaten
Directions
_Contributed by Mrs. Edith Lockwood Danieldson Howard, Mrs. Elisha Howard, Providence, Rhode Island._
1½ pounds sugar, 3 eggs, 1½ pounds flour, 1½ tumblerfuls of water, 1¼ pounds butter; cream butter and sugar together, add one egg at a time, beating vigorously; add one-half the flour, then the water, and then the rest of the flour. When all are well mixed, add 1 teaspoonful baking powder. This makes three large round cakes.
Filling--One cup chopped raisins, 1 cup English walnuts, broken up. Mix in boiled icing and spread between cakes, saving enough for the top of cake.
Icing--Two tumblers sugar, 1 tumbler water. Boil till syrup will spin like glass, then pour in the whites of 2 eggs well beaten; beat the white till it thickens and put in the nuts and raisins. Flavor cake with extract of almond, and icing with 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and 1 teaspoonful of rose.