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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (94g)

Recipe makes 9 servings

Calories 290
Calories from Fat 84 (29%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 9.4g 14%
Saturated Fat 2.7g 13%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.9g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.2g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 27mg 9%
Sodium 251mg 10%
Potassium 75mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 48.0g 15%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 2%
Sugars 27.9g
Protein 4.1g 8%

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Ma's One Egg Cake

Recipe #183305 | 45 min | 5 min prep | add private note
puppitypup

By: puppitypup
Aug 27, 2006

This was my Grandma's recipe. I believe it dates back to the depression. A moist and versatile cake that will please everyone. Really good with Fresh Strawberry Frosting or for strawberry shortcake or pineapple upside-down cake. You can double the recipe for a 10x13 pan or triple the recipe for a 12x16 pan.

SERVES 9 , 1 9x9 pan (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. 2
    Grease and flour a 9 inch x 9 inch pan.
  3. 3
    Sift dry ingredients together.
  4. 4
    Add shortening, the 2/3 cup milk, and the vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.
  5. 5
    Add the 1/3 cup milk and egg; beat for 2 more minutes.
  6. 6
    Pour into prepared pan.
  7. 7
    Bake for about 45-50 minutes or until done. You might check a little earlier because my oven runs cool. If doubling or tripling the recipe, you'll have to increase the cooking time substantially.
  8. 8
    UPSIDE DOWN CAKE:.
  9. 9
    If making pineapple upside down cake, use the strained juice in the batter, reducing the milk by the amount of juice used.
  10. 10
    Drop pieces of butter and sprinkle brown sugar on pan.
  11. 11
    Lay pineapple rings down.
  12. 12
    Pour cake batter on top.

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From: Engrossed

On Feb 11, 2008

Very Nice and Easy too! To make this a little healthier I used: white whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup sugar with 1 cup Splenda granular, margarine, and 1% milk. It turned out soft with a nice crumb and mellow flavor. I enjoyed this cut in half and layered with a lemon mousse and sliced freshed strawberries and topped with lemon curd. Yum! Made for the Please Review tag game.

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    From: mikekey

    On Dec 15, 2007

    This is really light and moist. I agree that with the earlier reviewer that it was almost angel-food like. I used 1 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup sugar, and subbed cherry extract for the vanilla, and added some red food coloring. Served without frosting, but with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt. Reminds me of the cakes my grandma made back in the '50's.

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    From: Color Guard Mom

    On Sep 4, 2007

    Yummy! The only problem I had was it stuck to my non stick pan! GO figure. I should have known since it doesn't have much oil in it. Next time I'll be sure to line the pan with waxed paper. This cake is definitely yummy! I think next time I'll be making an upside down cake with this recipe! Thanks for posting Puppitypup!

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    From: Studentchef

    On Dec 18, 2007

    This is really good. it was moist and delicious. I used strawberry yogurt instead of the 1/3 cup of milk and there was a smll undertaste of it. I also used chunkc of banana from a small banana to give it that banana bread taste and it sort of worked. Next time I'll puree the banana to even it out in the batter.

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