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      Title: TOASTED NUT SPICE CAKE
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
    2/3 c  Shortening
      2 c  Brown sugar, packed
      2    Egg yolks
      1 ts Baking soda
  1 1/4 c  Sour milk; * see note
  2 1/3 c  All-purpose flour
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
    1/2 ts Ground cloves
    3/4 ts Salt
      1 ts Vanilla extract
           Meringue:
      2    Egg whites
      1 c  Brown sugar, packed
    1/2 c  Nuts; chopped
 
  Recipe by: Jo Merrill * To make sour cream, add 1 1/4 tablespoon vinegar or
  lemon juice to the milk and let stand a few minutes before using in this
  recipe. 1-Cream together shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs; mix well.
  2-Dissolve baking soda in sour milk and set aside. 3-Combine all remaining
  dry ingredients. Add sour milk and dry ingredients alternately to cream
  mixture.  Add vanilla and mix until smooth. Spread into greased 9 x 13 inch
  baking pan. 4-To prepare meringue: Beat egg whites until stiff. Slowly add
  brown sugar and continue beating until smooth.  Spread over cake batter and
  sprinkle with chopped nuts. 5-Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about
  50 minutes. Recipe from Lancaster County Cookbook--Jo Merrill
 
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