Nut Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Yolks of 2 eggs
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup milk
• Whites of 2 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Chop the nutmeats and sprinkle with flour.

2. 2

   Cream the butter, sugar and yolks; add the milk, then the flour in which the baking powder has been sifted; then the nut-meats and, last, the well-whipped whites.

3. 3

   Bake in layers or in round cake dish.

4. 4

   Remove and ice with caramel icing and nut-meats.

5. 5

   Bake with two radiators.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 166. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NUT CAKE 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder Yolks of 2 eggs 1 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup milk Whites of 2 eggs

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