Charles Gifford wrote:
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> BLACK WALNUT CAKE
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> Recipe from: "Hillbilly Cookin", Ferrell Tate, Clinch Mountain Lookout,
> Thorn Hill Tennessee 1968

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> Translated into standard English by Charlie
>
> 2/3 cup shortening
> 2 cups sugar
> 4 eggs
> 1.5 cups black walnut meats
> 1/4 cup raisins
> 3 cups cake flour
> 1/4 tsp. salt
> pinch nutmeg
> 3 tsp. baking powder
> 1 cup milk
> grated rind of 1 orange
> 1.4 tsp. lemon extract
> 1/4 tsp. orange extract
>
> Cream the shortening, then slowly beat in the sugar. Add the unbeaten eggs
> one at a time. Put walnuts and raisins through food chopper. Sift the flour
> with the salt, nutmeg, and baking powder and stir in the walnuts and
> raisins. Add to the egg mixture along with the milk. Stir in orange rind and
> flavorings. Pour into oiled, square pan about 8-inches wide. Bake slowly at
> 350F for 50 minutes. Cover with walnut cream icing.
>
> WALNUT CREAM ICING
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> 1/4 cup butter or margarine
> 2 cups confectioners' sugar
> 1 tsp. vanilla
> pinch of salt
> 2 tbs. heated cream
> 1/2 cup chopped walnuts coarse
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> Stir butter until creamy and gradually work in 1 cup of the confectioners'
> sugar, vanilla and salt. Then add hot cream and beat in the second cup of
> confectioners' sugar. Stir in nuts and beat until creamy.