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NUT  LAYER  CAKE
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NUT LAYER CAKE

9 ingredients 11 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

826
Calories
22g
Protein
23g
Fat
127g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoon cream tartar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 square bitter chocolate
  • a pound of unshclled nuts used in the cake
  • 5 eggs
  • two layer cake pans
  • 2 eggs

Directions

1

y2 cup butter. ix/i cups sugar.

2

y2 cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla.

3

2^4 cups flour. y± teaspoon soda.

4

«)4 teaspoon cream tartar. Whites of 5 eggs.

5

Cream butter and sugar gradually ; add milk and vanilla, flour sifted with soda and cream tartar. Last fold in whites of eggs ; spread in two layer cake pans. Press halves of English walnuts into top of one of layers to make lengthwise rows of nut meats. Sprinkle the whole with white sugar. Bake 20 minutes.

6

Chocolate Nut Frosting.

7

1 cup sugar. y2 cup water.

8

Yolks of 2 eggs. 1 square bitter chocolate.

9

y2 teaspoon vanilla. Chopped nuts.

10

Boil sugar and water until it threads. Pour on the beaten yolks ; pour this on melted chocolate. Add chopped nuts re- maining from a pound of unshclled nuts used in the cake ; add vanilla; beat until cold enough to spread.

11

Cakes. 231-

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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