Hickory Nut Cake

Ingredients

• One cup butter
• Three cups sugar
• Three cups flour
• Two teaspoons baking powder
• One cup sweet milk
• Six eggs
• One cup sour cream
• One cup hickory nut meat

Directions

1. Cream together butter and two cups of sugar.
2. Add the milk and flour.
3. Lastly, beat the whites of the eggs to stiff peaks.
4. Bake into 3 layers.
5. Finely chop the hickory nut meat.
6. Boil sour cream, one cup of sugar and hickory nut meat together.
7. Let cool then spread between layers of cake.

Source — New Orleans Cookbook
Prepared by Catherine Weldon
Louisiana Anthology
September 30, 2023