East Texas Pecan Cake
Ingredients
2 C. butter
4 1/2 C. flour; sifted
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
6 eggs
1 pound brown sugar
1/2 C. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbsp. instant coffee
4 C. chopped pecans
Cooking Instructions
Set out butter to soften. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Grease bottom of 10- inch tube pan. Separate eggs; beat yolks well; beat egg whites until stiff. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add beaten egg yolks, mixing well. Combine milk, vanilla and coffee dissolved in 3 Tbls. hot water. Add alternately with dry ingredients. Fold in pecans and egg whites. Pour into pan and bake at 325 degrees 1-1/2 hours. Let cool in pan on cake rack. Remove from pan.
While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body." (Matthew 26:26)
