Pecan Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ½ tb butter
• ½ lb sugar
• ½ lb flour
• ½ lb pecans
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix ingredients and bake.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pecan Layer Cake. 4 eggs; y2 tb butter; y2 lb sugar; V2 K> flour; y2 lb pecans; 'y2 cup milk; 1' teaspoon cinnamon; 2 tea- spoons baking powder. MRS. H. W. BRAEUT1GAM. — 118 — Mahtgany Cake. Dissolve 2 oz. of chocolate in 5 tablespoonfuls of boiling water; cream y2 cup butter with iy2 cups sugar. Add to this the beaten yolks of 4 eggs and the cooled chocolate; next y2 cup of sweet milk; 1% cups flour, containing 2 rounded teaspoonfuls baking powder; and lastly the beaten whites of 4 eggs. Bake in 3 layers. FILLING : Cream 3 cups powdered sugar with % CUP butter ; yolk of 1 egg ; 2 tablespoonfuls powdered chocolate mixed with 5 tablespoonfuls strong hot coffee; stir well, add 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla and 2 teaspoonfuls cream. Beat until smooth and light. Do not cook this filling. MRS. LOUIS DURST. Orange Cake. y2 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; y2 cup milk; iy2 cups flour; 3 eggs (whites only); % teaspoonful baking powder. Cream butter and sugar well, beat whites of eggs and add alternately with flour, baking powder and milk to the creamed butter and sugar. FILLING: 1 orange; y2 lemon; % cup milk; 3 eggs; 3 tablespoonfuls sugar; y2 tablespoonful butter; 1 tablespoonful flour; a pinch of salt. Mix the flour with a little of the cold milk, stir into the boiling milk and let boil a few minutes. Re- move from stove and add the juice and grated rind of 1 orange and the juice of y2 lemon, and yolks of 3 eggs. MRS. HUGO BORGFELD. — 119 — One Egg Cake. 1 heaping tablespoon butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup milk; 2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder

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