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HOW  WE  COOK  IN  TENNESSEE
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HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

925
Calories
29g
Protein
27g
Fat
143g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 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
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coffee 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

  • one pound flour
  • one pound butter
  • half cup butter
  • half cup milk
  • one cup sugar
  • one-half cups of flour
  • one cup of sweet milk
  • one-half cups sifted flour
  • one teaspoon lemon
  • one cup brown sugar
  • one cup mo- lasses
  • one cup butter
  • one cup strong cold coffee
  • one pound raisins
  • one tablespoon cinnamon
  • five cups flour
  • one cup of butter
  • two cups of sugar
  • four cups of flour
  • one cup of milk
  • two teaspoons of baking powder
  • ten eggs
  • three cups
  • one-half cups
  • eight eggs
  • two tea- spoons baking powder
  • eight eggs well beaten
  • two light cups of sugar
  • one light cup of butter
  • two level teaspoons baking powder
  • one egg
  • one grated nutmeg
  • one heaping teaspoon suda
  • twelve eggs
  • two yel
  • salt

Directions

1

gether. Beat the eggs separately and add them. Then add the flour. Bake slowly, and is better in small tins. Flavor with lemon. Mrs. H. R. Lancaster.

2

Old Fashioned Pound Cake. — Ten eggs, one pound flour (about three cups), one pound butter (about one and one-half cups), wash the salt out of the butter, cream it with the sugar; add the well beaten yolks, then the sifted flour alternately with the stiffly beaten whites; beat with the hand very thoroughly; use flavoring if any is desired; bake in moderate oven two hours.

3

Golden Cake. — Yolks of eight eggs, half cup butter, half cup milk, one cup sugar, one and one-half cups of flour, two tea- spoons baking powder.

4

Golden Cake. — Yellows of eight eggs well beaten, two light cups of sugar, one light cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three and one-half cups sifted flour, two level teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon lemon or vanilla. Cream butter and sugar together, then add the beaten yellows. When well mixed put in one-third of the flour, beating and stirring well; add one-half of the milk, then rest of flour, which must be well stirred in to prevent lumps ; then use remainder of milk. Add flavoring last. The baking powder is sifted into the flour. — Mrs. J. L. Nelson.

5

Coffee Cake. — One egg, one cup brown sugar, one cup mo- lasses, one cup butter, one cup strong cold coffee, one pound raisins, one tablespoon cinnamon, one grated nutmeg, one heaping teaspoon suda, four or five cups flour.

6

Ribbon Cake. — White Part. — Whites of eight eggs, one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four cups of flour, one cup of milk, two teaspoons of baking powder. Divide and color part pink.

7

Yellow Part. — Yolks of twelve eggs, four and one-half cups of flour, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of butter, two teaspoons of baking powder. Bake two yel-

By Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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