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Default A great cake for the holiday

On 11/30/2013 8:43 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 07:28:11 -0500, Nancy Young


>> On 11/30/2013 2:02 AM, Cheryl wrote:
>>> Nancy Young > Wrote


>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/np6a497
>>>>
>>>> Turned out pretty. I didn't make it, so I can say it.
>>>
>>> looks like a decadent cake! !

>>
>> It was good. The cake is on the lighter side, I thought
>> it would be more dense. I love the crunch of the walnuts
>> and I'll have cream cheese frosting anytime.
>>

> I saw that recipe the other day and liked the looks of it. Cake just
> doesn't seem right on Thanksgiving to this Yankee though. I guess
> it's another Southern tradition that migrated North.


I wouldn't call it a tradition, we don't usually have cake
at Thanksgiving. It was just a whim, how about I bake a nice
cake. No Southerners involved.

I would consider lowering the amount of sugar in the frosting,
but I still really like this cake.

nancy