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Washixgtox Cake

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 9 ingredients

  1. Wine
  2. Sugar
  3. a pint of sour milk
  4. Nutmeg
  5. one teaspoonful of saleratus
  6. Flour
  7. Water
  8. a wineglass of brandy
  9. a pound of butter
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Flour Source of phosphorus · Source of copper · Source of manganese · +1

    Source of phosphorus · 106 mg per 100 g, 15% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Phosphorus contributes to normal function of cell membranes.
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth.

    Phosphorus is a mineral contained in each cell in our body. Most phosphorus is in the bones and teeth, and some is in your genes. NIH fact sheet

    Source of copper · 0.2 mg per 100 g, 17% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
    • Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
    • Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet

    Source of manganese · 0.6 mg per 100 g, 28% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Source of selenium · 10 µg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Selenium contributes to normal spermatogenesis.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal hair.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal nails.
    3 more authorised claims
    • Selenium contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Selenium contributes to the normal thyroid function.
    • Selenium contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Selenium is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. Your thyroid gland needs selenium to produce hormones and function properly. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Flour, 00”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.

Method

  1. One pound and thiee quaiters of flour, one pound and a half of su2:ar, three quarters of a pound of butter, four egsfs, half a pint of sour milk, one teaspoonful of saleratus, dissolv'ed in a little hot water.
  2. Beat the sugar and butter together, add the milk and beaten e(x^,^, then put in the dissolved saleratus, and gradually stir in the flour, with a wineglass of brandy or wine, and a small nutmeg grated ;
  3. beat them well together.
  4. Make it in two round cakes, or bake it in square tin pans, in a quick oven, allow fifteen minutes if half an inch deep, thirty minutes if an inch deep, and forty-five if an inch and a half deep.
  5. To Bake Cakes.
  6. — Allow fifteen minutes for baking a cake which is half an inch thick or deep, and according as it may be thicker, allow fifteen minutes for each half inch, in a quick oven;
  7. in a moderate or gentle oven, five minutes more for each half inch mav be allowed ;
  8. in a slow oven, half an hour would be required for each half inch.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Cake tin
  • Grater
  • Wooden spoon