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       Title: Hickory Nut Cake
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 12 Servings
  
     3/4 c  Shortening
   1 1/2 c  Sugar
   2 1/2 c  Cake flour
       2 ts Baking powder
     1/4 ts Salt
       1 c  Water
     1/2 ts Each: almond and vanilla ext
       1 oz Unsweetened chocolate; grate
     1/2 c  Hickory nuts; chopped
     1/4 c  Maraschino cherries; chopped
       4    Egg white
            Frosting:
     1/2 c  Shortening
     1/2 c  Butter or margarine; softene
     1/2 ts Each: vanilla and almond ext
     1/8 ts Salt
       3 c  Confectioner’s sugar; s s
       1 tb Milk
      10    Hickory nut halves; optional
  
   Recipe by: TASTE OF HOME DEC/JAN 1996 See Part 2
  
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