Wedding Cake (Braut-Torte)

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2^4 cups flour
• 2 to 3 spoons water

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs, water, pecans, finally whites of eggs and flour in which baking powder has been sifted alternately.

2. 2

   Bake in hot oven, in four layers.

3. 3

   For filling, use 1/4 lb butter; 1/2 lb sugar; 4 yolks of eggs; juice of 4 lemons.

4. 4

   Beat over fire constantly.

5. 5

   Ice cake with cooked icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wedding Cake. (Braut-Torte.) 1 cup butter; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 cup sugar; 6 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking powder; vanilla flavor; 2^4 cups flour; 2 to 3 spoons water

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