Hickory Nut Cake
Cream together:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
Add to this mixture:
2 egg yolks
1 cup sweet milk
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in water
Now add:
3 cups flour (sifted in)
5 egg whites, beaten stiff
1 pt hickory nuts meats rolled in flour
Bake in one pan or layers in a moderate oven until straw comes out clean. Ice
with following:
3 cups sugar
1 cup of water
3 large teaspoons glucose (white corn syrup)
4 egg whites, beaten
Cook sugar , water, and glucose until syrup spins a long thread and pour into 4
egg whites, beaten. Beat and spread on cake.
Louise, AL
http://www.nancyskitchen.com
