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Cake for a Man
Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
2-1/4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup cold, strong coffee
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions
Blend the shortening, sugar and egg yolks together. Sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the strong coffee. Stir in the nuts and vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold them into the mixture. Turn the batter into a tube pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes or until the cake tests done. Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool. When cooled, ice the cake with coffee icing.
Coffee Icing
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 cup strong coffee
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Directions
Combine and cook the sugars, salt and coffee together until a syrup is formed that spins a thread. Pour one third of this syrup slowly over the stiffly beaten egg whites, beating while you pour. Cook remainder of the syrup until it forms a soft ball in cold water, then add to the icing. Beat until the consistency of the icing is spreadable.
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