Graham cracker cake #3

1 cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs separated
1 cup Milk
½ cup Flour
2 Egg yolks
½ cup Sugar
1 cup Milk
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla
½ pounds Graham cracker crumbs
(yes 1/2 pound)
½ Lemon - Juice and grated
Rind (one half of lemon)
½ cup Pecan nut meats, chopped
Fine

Directions

CAKE

NUT FILLING

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar, add yolks one at a time and beat well. Mix flour, baking powder and crumbs, adding alternately with the milk to the first mixture. Add vanilla, then fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in two well greased 9 inch layer pans for 30 minutes.

Fill with Nut Filling; Frost with Butter Frosting Directions for the nut filling: Dissolve cornstarch in the milk, and cook in double boiler until smooth; beat yolks and sugar very light; add juice and rind of ½ lemon; pour hot milk gradually over yolks; return to boiler and cook until mixture coats the spoon, stirring constantly; When cool, add nut meats.

Directions for Butter Frosting: Cream butter and sugar well, add the liquid and flavoring until thin enough to spread.

Taken from New Settlement Cookbook 1954 == Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. == Submitted By GAIL SHIPP On 10-11-94

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