BLACK WALNUT CAKE

By rmille6277

Maxine Hayes Riggs

Ingredients

• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups black walnuts, chopped
• 1 (3 ounce) can flaked coconut
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• Chopped black walnuts
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• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 6 w cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is dissolved. Add egg yolks, beating well.
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Combine buttermilk and soda; stir until soda dissolves. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in vanilla. Add 1 1/2 cups walnuts and coconut, stirring well.
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Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter.
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Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350deg for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool layers in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
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Frost cake with Cream Cheese Frosting; sprinkle remaining walnuts on top of cake.
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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
Cream butter and cream cheese; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.