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.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
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,
Yields
24 Servings