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Southern Favorite Cake


Title: Southern Favorite Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 24 Servings

3/4 c Butter
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 3/4 c Sifted cake flour
3 ts Baking powder
1 c Cold; strong black coffee
5 Egg whites
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 ts Maple flavoring
1/4 ts Black walnut flavoring

--------------------------ELEGANT CARMEL FROSTING--------------------------
1/2 c Butter or margarine
1 c Brown sugar
1/4 c Milk
2 c Powdered sugar
1/4 ts Maple flavoring

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Sift flour and baking powder together
and add alternately with coffee, beating well after each addition.

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; add vanilla, and maple
and black walnut flavorings. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into
two 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees about 30 minutes. Cool; frost
with Elegant Carmel Frosting.

Elegant Carmel Frosting: Melt butter and add brown sugar. Bring to a boil
and boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add milk and return to a boil.
Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and flavoring. Beat until smooth.
Spread on cooled cake immediately.

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From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.