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DENVER  POUND  CAKE
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DENVER POUND CAKE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

845
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients — the other 2 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
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Rose 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

  • 1/2 pound powdered sugar
  • 1 cup cold water
  • two teaspoonfuls baking powder
  • 14 teaspoonful flour
  • one cup flour
  • one cup of butter
  • half cups of flour
  • one cup of milk
  • 5 eggs
  • half lemon
  • 3 level cups swan's-down two teaspoonfuls baking powder
  • 4 eggs
  • one-third water
  • two layers
  • two cups of sugar
  • two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • one teaspoonful of rose water
  • six eggs beaten lightly

Directions

1

ya pound butter.

2

1/2 pound powdered sugar.

3

Grater rind of half lemon. y2 pound flour.

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CAKES. 311

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Break the eggs one at a time in a large plate and beat with the hand. Then beat in the butter and sugar that have been creamed together. The flour and the lemon juice. Bake for one hour.

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LADY BALTIMORE CAKE No. i.

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ya cup of butter (scant).

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iyz cups sugar.

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1 cup cold water.

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3 level cups swan's-down

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Two teaspoonfuls baking

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Whites of 4 eggs. Flavor with 14 teaspoonful

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flour, sifted three times I almond and ya teaspoon -

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before measuring. ful vanilla; salt.

15

Cream, butter and sugar, add one-third water with one cup flour; beat thoroughly. Add second cup flour with one-third water. Sift baking powder with last cup. Add it with the remainder of water. Beat thoroughly, then fold in the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Bake in two layers and ice.

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LADY BALTIMORE CAKE NO. 2.

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Cream one cup of butter with two cups of sugar. Sift together three and a half cups of flour and two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add this to the butter and sugar alternately. With one cup of milk and one teaspoonful of rose water, beat the mix- ture very thoroughly and fold in the whites of six eggs beaten lightly. Bake in three-layer cake pans.

By Norton, Caroline Trask · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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