Nuns Cake
Ingredients
1 C. butter or butter substitute
1 1/2 C. powdered sugar
5 egg yolks
2 egg whites
3/4 C. milk
3 C. cake flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tsp. caraway seed
2 tsp. rose water flavoring
1/2 tsp. cinnamon flavoring
Cooking Instructions
Cream butter. Add sugar and yolks of eggs. Beat thoroughly. Stir in unbeaten whites of eggs and beat mixture. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Add alternately with milk to first mixture. Sprinkle in caraway seed, beat well, and add flavorings. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan. Bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Substitute 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring for caraway seed, rose water, and cinnamon.
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