Chocolate Nut Cake

A dish built around cottolene and sugar.

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nuts

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 1/3 cup Cottolene
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2-1/3 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 squares chocolate melted
  • 3/4 cup English walnut meats broken in pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. PROCESS: Cream Cottolene, add gradually one cup sugar, stirring constantly. Beat egg yolks thick and light, add gradually remaining cup of sugar; combine mixtures. Add melted chocolate. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt; add to first mixture alternately with milk. Add nut meats and vanilla, then cut and fold in the whites of eggs beaten stiff. Turn into a well-greased tube pan and bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Cool and spread with boiled frosting.
  2. [Sidenote: _January_
  3. _Second Sunday_]
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories478
Protein9.6 g
Fat13.8 g
Carbs80.9 g
Fiber2.4 g
Sodium369 mg

Source

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners (pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States