Walnut Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 cupful sugar
• 2 cupfuls flour
• ¥% cupful Crisco
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 1 cupful milk or water
• 1 whole egg
• 2 yolks of eggs
• ¥% teaspoonful salt
• 1 cupful chopped walnut meats
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
• 1 cupful sugar
• 1 cupful water
• Pinch cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoonful lemon juice
• 2 whites of eggs
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract

Method

1. 1

   Cream Crisco and sugar, add beaten eggs, salt, vanilla, milk or water, baking powder, flour, and nuts.

2. 2

   Bake in gem pans for ten minutes.

3. 3

   For frosting, boil sugar and water, add cream of tartar, and pour onto beaten egg whites while beating.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Walnut Cakes For Cakes 1 cupful sugar 2 cupfuls flour ¥% cupful Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 cupful milk or water 1 whole egg and 2 yolks of eggs ¥% teaspoonful salt 1 cupful chopped walnut meats 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract For Frosting 1 cupful sugar Pinch cream of tartar 1 cupful water 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 2 whites of eggs

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