$1,000 Square Dance Nut Cake
Best of class senior contest--1950 Pillsbury Cookoff. This is a simple cake that looks fancy.
Yield
16 servingsPrep
10 minCook
40 minReady
45 minTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sift together | |||
| 1 ⅔ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| Add | |||
| ½ | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| ⅔ | cup |
milk
|
|
| Beat for two minutes and add | |||
| 3 | large |
egg whites
unbeaten |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
lemon extract
|
*
|
| Beat two minutes then blend in | |||
| ½ | cup |
walnuts
grated |
|
| Checkerboard frosting | |||
| 1 | tablespoon |
milk
warm |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
melted |
|
| 2 ¼ | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | large |
egg yolks
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Beat until creamy and add to 1/3 of the frosting | |||
| 1 | ounce |
chocolate
melted, to taste |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sift together | |||
| 394 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| Add | |||
| 118 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 158 | ml |
milk
|
|
| Beat for two minutes and add | |||
| 3 | large |
egg whites
unbeaten |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
lemon extract
|
*
|
| Beat two minutes then blend in | |||
| 118 | ml |
walnuts
grated |
|
| Checkerboard frosting | |||
| 15 | ml |
milk
warm |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
butter
melted |
|
| 532 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | large |
egg yolks
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Beat until creamy and add to 1/3 of the frosting | |||
| 28.9 | ml/g |
chocolate
melted, to taste |
|
| 15 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
The rest leave plain.
Follow the directions for mixing cake.
Pour into a well greasedand lightly floured 8 x 8 x 2 pan.
Bake 350 40 to 50 minutes.
Cool follow the directions for putting together.
Best of class senior contest--1950 Pillsbury Cookoff.
This is a simple cake that looks fancy.
All you do is cut the nut loaf cake into four squares.
You frost with white frosting (2) and the other 2 with chocolate--Then arrange them checkerboard fashion and sprinkle nuts over the top.
It is a quick mix variation.
