Grandma's Hickory Nut Cake
"This isn't a low-fat dessert, but it sure is yummy! Great for birthdays or holidays, potlucks, or just because you want some!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 frosted cake
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
-
Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 2⁄3 cup butter
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup hickory nuts, chopped (reserve a few halves for garnish)
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Penuche Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup milk or 1/4 cup cream
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- For the Cake: Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes. Mix dry ingredients together lightly with a fork. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Pour into a greased and floured 13x9-inch pan (or 2 8-inch round cake pans). Bake at 325 F for 45--50 minutes. Cool.
- For the Frosting: Make frosting by melting butter in a medium saucepan. Add brown sugar; boil 2 minutes. Add milk; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm. Beat in sugar and vanilla. (You may add 1/2 cup chopped hickory nuts if desired.) Frost the cake and decorate with reserved hickory nuts.
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Reviews
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Great cake! I have been searching for this recipe for my in-laws, they use to buy this cake from the Amish & haven't been able to find it in years. I made it for Easter and they were very excited! They said this recipe tasted just like the cake they use to buy if not better! Thanks for the recipe! -
Loved this cake! We picked the hickory nuts, so the cost was minimal. I even had a request to make one for a birthday cake! -
Cake was dry, frosting was grainy. Terrible waste of $20 worth of hickory nuts. I recommend adding a cup of applesauce to cake and melt brown sugar for frosting in water rather than butter.
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