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Mrs Beeton's Victorian Seed Cake - a Very Good Seed Cake

Source: Genius Kitchen(food.com)
Estimated Nutritional Profile
Nutrient Quantity
Protein (g)5472.9542
Energy (kCal)299174.622
Carbohydrates (g)58749.1016
Total fats (g)4280.1051
Temporal Sequence of Cooking Processes
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    Utensils Used
    | 1. Pre-heat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3 and grease and line a 7" (18cm) to 8" (20cm) round cake tin. | 2. Cream the butter with the sugar and then sift in the flour. | 3. Add the mace, nutmeg and caraway seeds and mix together well. (Add the chopped candied peel if using at this stage as well). | 4. Stir in the whisked eggs and the brandy. | 5. Beat the cake again for 2 to 3 minutes, until very smooth and with no lumps. | 6. Pour the mixture into a tin lined with buttered paper. | 7. Bake it for 1½ to 2 hours, until a skewer comes out clean when tested, and the cake is well risen, firm and golden brown. | 8. ORIGINAL RECIPE: | 9. A VERY GOOD SEED-CAKE. | 10. 1776. INGREDIENTS - 1 lb. of butter, 6 eggs, 3/4 lb. of sifted sugar, pounded mace and grated nutmeg to taste, 1 lb. of flour, 3/4 oz. of caraway seeds, 1 wineglassful of brandy. | 11. Mode - Beat the butter to a cream; dredge in the flour; add the sugar, mace, nutmeg, and caraway seeds, and mix these ingredients well together. Whisk the eggs, stir to them the brandy, and beat the cake again for 10 minutes. Put it into a tin lined with buttered paper, and bake it from 1-1/2 to 2 hours. This cake would be equally nice made with currants, and omitting the caraway seeds. | 12. Time - 1-1/2 to 2 hours. | 13. Average cost, 2s. 6d. | 14. Seasonable at any time. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients
    Ingredient Name Quantity Unit State Energy (kcal) Carbohydrates Protein (g) Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
    butter 450 38475.0 1767.825 1202.175 3240.0
    flour 450 260226.0 56972.43 4230.45 1009.62
    caster sugar 350 - - - -
    caraway seed 2 tablespoons 44.622 6.6866 2.6492 1.9551
    egg 6 whisked 429.0 2.16 37.68 28.53
    brandy 200 - - - -
    mace ground - - - -
    nutmeg grated - - - -
    50 chopped candied - - - -

    - Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.



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