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HONEY GINGER CAKE
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HONEY GINGER CAKE

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

701
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
113g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 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
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Seed 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 sifted flour
  • a pound of fresh butter
  • a pint of strained honey
  • two large table-spoonfuls of strong ginger
  • two table-spoonfuls of carraway seeds
  • five eggs

Directions

1

Rub together a pound of sifted flour and three-quarters of a pound of fresh butter. Mix in, a tea-cup of fine brown sugar, two large table-spoonfuls of strong ginger, and (If you like them) two table-spoonfuls of carraway seeds. Having beaten five eggs, add them to the mixture alternately with a pint of strained honey; stirring in towards the last a small tea-spoonful of pearl-ash, that has been melted in a very little water.

2

Having beaten or stirred the mixture long enough to make it perfectly light, transfer it to a square iron or block-tin pan, (which must be well buttered,) put it into a moderate oven, and bake it an hour or more, in proportion to its thickness.

3

When cool, cut it into squares. It is best if eaten fresh, but it will keep very well a week.

By Eliza Leslie · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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