Nut Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or shortening
• 2 teaspoons baking-powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nut-meats
• 4 egg-whites

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter or shortening and add the sugar.

2. 2

   Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk.

3. 3

   Add nut-meats, well floured, and fold in the egg-whites.

4. 4

   Bake in a square loaf pan at 380° F., and frost the top when cool, using any desired icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 60. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NUT CAKE Ys cup butter or shortening i teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups sugar ^ teaspoon mace 4 eggs Yi teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 cup mashed potatoes >^ teaspoon ground cloves 2 squares chocolate i cup chopped nut-meats 2 cups flour Yi cup milk 3^4 teaspoons baking-powder Cream the butter or shortening and one cup of sugar. In an- other bowl, beat the egg-yolks with the remaining cup of sugar. Combine the two mixtures. Have ready the hot mashed pota- toes, which should be without lumps, add to them the melted chocolate and combine with the first mixture. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add the nut-meats. Add to the cake mix- ture, alternating with the milk. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Bake in a loaf pan in a moderate oven (380° F.). When cool, cover with marshmallow frosting or boiled frosting. This is a large moist cake, which will keep well. CHOCOLATE LOAF CAKE 2 tablespoons butter or short- 2 teaspoons baking-powder ening i cup milk 1 cup sugar 2 cups seeded raisins 2 tablespoons grated chocolate 12 black walnut-meats 2 cups flour Y^ teaspoon vanilla extract Cream the butter or shortening; add the sugar and continue creaming. Melt the chocolate over hot water, and add. Mix and sift the flour and baking-powder and add alternately with Hhe milk. Add the raisins, broken nut-meats well floured, and the flavoring. :Mix well. Bake in a loaf pan 360° F. for forty- five minutes. When cool, frost with boiled or chocolate frosting. CHOCOLATE SOUR-MILK CAKE Y2 cup butter or shortening 2 cups flour I cup sugar Y^ teaspoon soda 3 eggs Y^ cup hot water Y2 cup sour milk i square chocolate NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 139 Cream butter or shortening and sugar; add eggs well beaten, and the milk. Add sifted flour. Dissolve the soda in the hot water and add grated chocolate to this mixture. Beat the mixture smooth and put in a \vell-greased loaf pan. Bake in a moderate oven (380° F.) for forty-five minutes. FUDGE CAKE Ys cup butter or shortening ^ teaspoon salt i^ cups sugar 3^ cup cocoa 3 eggs I cup milk 2^ cups flour i^ cups chopped walnut-meats 2 teaspoons baking-powder i>^ teaspoons vanilla Cream the butter or shortening and sugar; add the well-beaten egg-yolks. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Stir in the chopped nut-meats, well floured, and add the flavoring. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg-whites. Bake in layer-cake tins in a moderate oven (380° F.) for forty-five minutes. When cold, spread chocolate frosting between layers and on top. NUT CAKE 3<2 cup butter or shortening 2 teaspoons baking-powder 1 cup sugar ^4 cup milk 2 cups flour I cup chopped nut-meats 4 egg-whites Cream butter or shortening and add the sugar. IMix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Add nut- meats, well floured, and fold in the egg-whites. Bake in a square loaf pan at 380° F., and frost the top when cool, using any desired icing. GOLDEN CAKE K cup butter or shortening 2 teaspoons baking-powder y2 cup sugar 14 cup milk

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