Recipe and source notes

Black Walnut Cake

12 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup lard
  • 1 cup black walnuts, chopped
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp allspice, cloves and salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 cups beer

Make it step by step

  1. Combine lard and sugar and beat until fluffy
  2. Add eggs, mixing well after each
  3. Combine dry ingredients together
  4. Alternate adding dry ingredients and beer to lard/sugar/egg mixture
  5. Stir in nuts, if using
  6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes
  7. 9X13 pan

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Amy Jeanroy, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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