Ingredients
BARB DAY
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
Directions
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 X 5 X 3" greased and
floured loaf pan, or 3 quart mold at 350 degrees about 50 to 60
minutes, or until done.
Frost with your favorite icing. From Barb Day's Database
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Cake; Christmas; Dessert; Holiday; Nut
The History of Recipes
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