BURNT SUGAR CAKE
Source of Recipe
Catherine Bue
List of Ingredients
Recipe
Put 1/2 cup sugar in frying pan. stir over heat until sugar melts. add 1/2 cup boiling water and boil to a thick syrup.
Mix:
1-1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup sour milk
Yolks of 3 eggs and whites of 1
1 tsp. soda
Add to the mixture the syrup and 1 cup nutmeats. Bake in two layers.
Burnt Sugar Icing:
1 cup sugar burnt in frying pan
1/2 cup butter 1 tsp. Vanilla 2 cups flour
1/2 cup water and boil to a thick syrup. Pour this over the whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff.Whip fast so as not to cook the whites. Add nuts if desired.