Nut Cake

11 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs, separated
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 4 c. flour
  • 1 1/2 lb. cherries (part green, part red)
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 qt. chopped pecans
  • 1 whole nutmeg, grated
  • 3/4 c. grape juice
  • wine or whiskey

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine egg yolks, sugar, butter and salt.
  2. 2
    Take half of flour and mix with cherries and pecans.
  3. 3
    Sift soda and nutmeg with the remaining flour.
  4. 4
    Add this to creamed mixture; alternating flour with liquid.
  5. 5
    Add cherries and nuts.
  6. 6
    Beat egg whites stiff and fold into creamed mixture.
  7. 7
    Bake at 250° for 4 hours.
  8. 8
    The top will be cracked because of the heavy mixture.

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