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English Walnut Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of corn starch
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• whites of 6 eggs

Instructions

Flavor with lemon. Bake in layers.

Filling

• 2 cups of light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of water
• whites of 2 eggs
• 1 pound of English walnuts, chopped fine

Instructions

Boil brown sugar and water until it threads, and stir in the egg whites, beating until it creams; then stir in English walnuts.

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Notes

Attributed to Mrs. Mary W. Whitmarsh.

Source

Recipes Tried and True (1894)

Categories

Nut Cakes.