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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

DESSERT

NUT CAKE, Greek

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• ½ cup sweet butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 cups chopped nuts
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. salt
• 6 eggs

Syrup

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 cups water

Preparation Instructions

Mix flour, nuts, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Cream butter and sugar for about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well. Mix with the other ingredients to form a smooth paste and spread in a shallow greased baking pan to a thickness of 1 ½ inches. Bake in a moderate oven (350°) for approximately 30 minutes.

Meanwhile make a syrup and pour it while hot over the nut cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Cool and cut.

Contributed by Mrs. Melto Kuntelos, 1950

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