One Egg Cake

A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • ¼ cup of butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 2½ teaspoons baking powder
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ¼ cup of butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • ½ 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. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and egg well beaten. Mix and sift flour and baking powder, add alternately with milk to first mixture. Bake thirty minutes in a shallow pan. Spread with Chocolate Frosting.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories407
Protein7.5 g
Fat14.1 g
Carbs63.1 g
Fiber1.3 g
Sodium338 mg

Source

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