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FRENCH LOAF CAKE
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FRENCH LOAF CAKE

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

882
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
126g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 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
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
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

  • five cups powdered sugar 2? cups butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 10 cups flour sifted
  • 1 wineglass wine
  • 1 wineglass brandy
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 nutmegs
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 loaves bread size

Directions

1

MRS. CHARLOTTE CRANWELL MINOR, NEW LONDON AND NEW YORK. (1775.)

2

_Contributed by Miss K. A. Wilcox, Westport, Conn._

3

Five cups powdered sugar 2? cups butter, 2 cups milk, 10 cups flour sifted, 6 eggs, 1 wineglass wine, 1 wineglass brandy, 3 nutmegs, 1 lb. raisins, ½ lb. citron, 1 teaspoon soda and 1 lemon. This makes 4 loaves bread size.

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

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