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Betsy Ross Cake

From The Memorial Hall cook book, 1919

Contributed by Mrs. Silas C. Morris.

Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

5261Calories
68 gProtein
709 gCarbs
244 gFat
Full nutrition (34 nutrients)
Calories5261 kcal
Protein68 g
Carbohydrates709 g
Fiber0 g
Sugars415 g
Total Fat244 g
Saturated Fat94 g
Monounsaturated Fat104 g
Polyunsaturated Fat27 g
Omega-30.1 g
Cholesterol792 mg
Sodium1729 mg
Potassium1108 mg
Calcium1243 mg
Iron25 mg
Magnesium153 mg
Phosphorus1241 mg
Zinc6 mg
Copper0.7 mg
Manganese2.9 mg
Vitamin D11 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg
Vitamin A318 mcg
Vitamin E3 mg
Vitamin K0.5 mcg
Vitamin B60.7 mg
Vitamin B122.7 mcg
Thiamin (B1)3.7 mg
Riboflavin (B2)2.7 mg
Niacin (B3)26 mg
Folate672 mcg
Choline591 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water372 g

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Memorial Hall cook book (1919) by Willow Grove Memorial Hall (Willow Grove, Pa.), page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Betsy Ross Cake Into 1 cup of mixed butter and lard stir 2 cups sugar until creamy^. Add 3 eggs and mix well. Sift 3 cups flour with 3 tsps. Eumford baking powder and pinch of salt, and add, with 1 cup milk and 2 tsps vanilla. Bake in layers. Use any filling or icing. — Mrs. Silas C. Morris. Billy Sunday Cake One cup sugar, % cup butter, yolk of 1 egg, 1 cup milk. Beat slowly. Add 2 cups flour, 2 tspns. Rumford baking powder, pinch salt, 2 tspns. cocoa and flavoring to taste. — Mrs. Addie Erwin. Insurance Mortgages EDWARD V. SCHIESSER Real Estate WILLOW GROVE, PA.— OPPOSITE STATION Rents and Interest Collected Conveyancing GLENSIDE LUMBER AND COAL CO. Successors to G. D. HEIST & SON Lumber - Miilwork - Builders' Supplies GLENSIDE, PA. WILLIAM ZANE Practical Horseshoer and Jobber Shop, MORELAND ROAD AND CHERRY STREET WILLOW GROVE, PA. All Work Guaranteed Lawn Mowers Sharpened in Season 71 This is a STUDEBAKER Year ROGERS MOTORS, Jenkintown, Pa. Black Cake Two cups of brown sugar; half cup of butter or lard; one cup milk; one cup grated chocolate, or five tablespoons of cocoa; three eggs; one teaspoon of soda and two cups of flour. — Mrs. H. R. John- son. Breakfast Cake One tblspn. butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 2 tspns. Rum- ford baking powder, 2 cups flour, XA tspn. salt. For Top: 2 tblspns. flour, 3 tblspns. sugar, 1 small piece butter, and enough cinnamon to darken mixture. — Mrs. E. Buehler. Breakfast Cake Mix 1 cup sugar, butter the size of an egg, 1 well-beaten egg, 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour, sifted, 3 tspns. Rumford baking powder. Put in a square pan greased with butter. Thoroughly mix 1 tblsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon, place on top of cake and bake in an even-heated oven. — Mrs. George W. Hellings. Breakfast Cake Beat together 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon shortening, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons Rumford baking powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Crumbs: % cup flour, % cup sugar, piece butter, flavor with cinnamon. — Mrs. W. R. Pugh. COMPLIMENTS OF Speclo *-» s 1510 CHESTNUT STREET WOMEN'S AND MISSES' APPAREL Good Groceries, Choice Teas and Coffees are a specialty with us. We take pains to understand the food ques- tion, and how and what to buy. Our table supplies are fresh, clean and wholesome. We ask no fancy prices. Give us a trial. We have on hand at all times a full line of NOTIONS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, SWEATERS, OVERALLS, HATS and CAPS. We make a specialty of BOOTS and SHOES for Everybody. Also Rubber Goods. Also a Complete Line of FERTILIZERS and SEEDS Headquarters for Penna. Vacuum Cup Tires and Tubes WM. M. HOLBERT Warrington, Penna. 72 J. DYRE MOYER, York Road, Willow Grove All kinds of Lumber, Building Material, Coal and Feed — Bell Phone, 103 Butter Cake — Layer or Loaf Three-quarters cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 4 beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, 2% cups flour, 2% tspns. Rumford baking powder
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