Black walnut cake with creamy icing
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅔ | cup | Shortening |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 2½ | cup | Flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Black walnut flavoring |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
| 2⅓ | cup | Confectioners sugar |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 2 | cups | Buttermilk |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | cup | Black walnuts; chopped |
| 4 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅓ | cup | Shortening |
Directions
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Cream ⅔ c shortening and 2 c sugar. Add 2 eggs; one at a time.; beating well after each one. Add half the buttermilk;. flour and soda. Beat well.
Add the other half plus the salt; vanilla and black walnut flavoring. Beat.
Stir in chopped nuts. =14
Pour into greased; 9x13 inch pan and bake at 250 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until done. When cool ice with Creamy Icing=14 Creamy Icing: Boil water and 4 T sugar together in a pan for 2 to 3 minutes. Let cool. Mix confectioners sugar; salt and egg. Pour sugar-water syrup in and beat smooth. Add shortening and vanilla LAST (this is important). Beat until creamy. More confectioners sugar may be needed. Ice cake.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #254 by BobbieB1@... on Sep 23, 1997