Hickory Nut Cake

Ingredients

• a cupful and a half of sugar
• two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk
• a half-cup of butter
• the whites of three eggs
• three teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• two and a half cups of flour
• one cup of hickory nuts, chopped fine

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and bake in a square pan.

2. 2

   Ice with sugar and cut into squares, garnishing each with a half-kernel.

As published

This recipe was extracted from National viands à la mode (1895) by Harriet Anne de Salis, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Hickory Nut Cake Take a cupful and a half of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, a half-cup of butter, and the whites of three eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two and a half cups of flour ; stir one cup of hickory nuts, chopped fine

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