Mrs. Edison's Old Fashioned Recipe For Hickory Nut Cake

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter (scant)
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 8 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pint nuts, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, pulverized

Recipe

• 1 cake: mix sugar and butter scaint until a cream. combine with milk, flour, baking powder, 6 egg whites beaten very stiff and vanilla. ad the nuts, mix all together and bake in a moderate oven.
• 2 frosting: let 1 ½ cups pulverized sugar boil until when put in cold water it becomes brittle. beat the 2 egg whites until very stiff and add the sugar and beat until it gets cold. flavor to taste.