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Black Walnut Christmas Cake
- ½ cup - Butter
- 4 - Eggs (separated)
- 2 cup - Flour (sifted)
- ¾ tsp - Salt
- 1 cup - Sugar
- 1 tsp - Vanilla
- 2 tsp - Baking powder
- ½ cup - Milk
- 1 cup - Black walnuts (finely chopped)
Method:
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolks all at once.
- Add vanilla.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Set aside 1 cup of the dry ingredients.
- Add the remaining flour mixture and the milk in small portions,
alternately, mixing well with each addition, starting and ending
with an addition of the dry ingredients.
- Mix together, the reserved flour and the nuts, and stir into the
batter, mixing just until blended.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry.
- Fold them into the batter.
- Bake in a 9"x5" greased and floured loaf pan or 3 quart
mold at 350 oF for about one hour.
- Frost with your favorite icing.
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