Recipe - Black Walnut Cake With Creamy Icing

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2/3 cup Shortening
2 Eggs
2 One half cup Flour
2 teaspoon Soda
1 teaspoon Black walnut flavoring
2 tablespoon Water
2 1/3 cup Confectioners sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup Sugar
2 cup Buttermilk
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Black walnuts; chopped
4 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Shortening

Cream 2/3 cup shortening and 2 cup sugar. Add 2 eggs; one at a time.; beating
well after each one. Add half the buttermilk;. flour and soda. Beat well.
Add the other half plus the salt; vanilla and black walnut flavoring. Beat.
Stir in chopped nuts. =14
Pour into greased; 9x13 inch pan and bake at 250 degrees for 35 to 40
minutes or until done. When cool ice with Creamy Icing=14
Creamy Icing: Boil water and 4 T sugar together in a pan for 2 to 3
minutes. Let cool. Mix confectioners sugar; salt and egg. Pour sugarwater
syrup in and beat smooth. Add shortening and vanilla LAST (this is
important). Beat until creamy. More confectioners sugar may be needed. Ice
cake.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #254 by BobbieB1@aol.com on Sep 23, 1997