Hickory Nut Cake(Recipe Of Miss Ellen Pugh, A Past President) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 egg whites
2 c. white sugar
1 c. butter
4 c. flour
1 c. sweet milk
2 tsp. baking powder
1 large c. nuts, broken
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter.
Alternate adding flour, which has been sifted twice with baking powder, with milk, then nuts and fold in beaten egg whites last.
Bake in well-greased tube pan. Bake in not too hot oven.
Try with straw after about 45 minutes. (I usually use just half the recipe.)