Texas Recipes
Texas Pecan Cake
Yield: 4 loaves
Ingredients
- 1 pound butter or margarine
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 7 eggs, separated
- 5 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons warm wine
- 1 to 2 ounces lemon extract
- 1 pound candied pineapple
- 1 1/2 pounds candied cherries
- 1 quart chopped pecans
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add beaten egg yolks, then a little flour, then the baking soda dissolved in the warm wine.
- Add the remaining flour alternately with the lemon extract.
- Stir in the fruit and nuts; then fold in the beaten egg whites.
- Bake in pans lined with wax paper at 250 degrees F for about four hours.
Notes
The finished batter will be too much for a mixing bowl, so use a large pot to mix in the fruits, nuts and egg whites (or halve the recipe)