Mrs. Edison'S Old Fashioned Recipe For Hickory Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter (scant)
1 cup milk
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
8 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pint nuts, chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar, pulverized

Preparation

Cake: Mix sugar and butter scaint until a cream. Combine with milk, flour, baking powder, 6 egg whites beaten very stiff and vanilla. Ad the nuts, mix all together and bake in a moderate oven.
Frosting: Let 1 1/2 cups pulverized sugar boil until when put in cold water it becomes brittle. Beat the 2 egg whites until very stiff and add the sugar and beat until it gets cold. Flavor to taste.