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Birthday Cake

A dish built around butter and brown sugar.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains alcohol

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1¼ cups brown sugar
  • Yolks 2 eggs
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 3½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons Sherry
  • ½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • ½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
  • ⅓ cup currants
  • 2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
  • Whites 2 eggs
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ½ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • ⅔ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Follow directions for making butter cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting .
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories472
Protein6.0 g
Fat17.4 g
Carbs76.2 g
Fiber2.6 g
Sodium240 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States