TEXAS PECAN CAKE
TEXAS PECAN CAKE

From:cool_mom1@webtv.net(Norma)

Fridays recipe ---for Kathy
Since Kathy is still out of town--I will post a recipe for her.
I have never made this recipe --but it was posted in the local newspaper

This recipe will make a large tube cake or 2 large loaf cakes.
The amount of lemon extract is correct.
If baking in 2 loaf pans, reduce the baking time

  • 1 pound butter or margarine( 4 sticks, softened)
  • 3 c. sugar
  • 7 eggs, separated
  • 5 c. flour , divided
  • 1 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 4 tbls. warm water
  • 1 ( 2 oz.) bottle of pure lemon extract
  • 1 quart pecan pieces
  • 1 pound each candied: pineapple and cherries

    Preheat oven to 300º
    Cream butter and sugar well in a large mixer bowl.
    Beat egg yolks well and add to butter and sugar mixture.
    Add a little flour, the baking soda-water mixture, lemon extract and a little more flour.
    Dredge pecans and candied pineapple and cherries in remaining flour, stir into batter with remaining flour.
    Beat egg whites until they are stiff: fold them into the batter.
    Bake in a lined tube pan 2 1/2 hours.
    Place foil over and under cake while baking.