One of the nutty cake recipes for traditional walnut cakes is presented here. This Black Walnut Christmas Cake Recipe is not hard to master.

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)

• 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.