Black Walnut Christmas Cake

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Black Walnut Christmas Cake

 

1/2 cup Butter

4 Eggs; separated

2 cup Flour; sifted

3/4 tsp Salt

1 cup Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

2 tsp Baking powder

1/2 cup Milk

1 cup Black walnuts; fine chopped

 

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks all at

once. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together. Set aside 1 cup of the

dry ingredients. Add the remaining flour mixture and the milk in small

portions, alternately, mixing well with each addition, starting and

ending with an addition of the dry ingredients.

 

Mix together, the reserved flour and the nuts, and stir into the batter,

mixing just until blended. Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry.

Fold them into the batter. Bake in a 9 " x5 " greased and floured loaf pan,

or 3 quart mold at 350F about 50-60 minutes, or until done. Frost with

your favorite icing.