chess cake

Name: Chess Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: - 2 sticks butter or margarine; - 1 box brown sugar ( lb.); - 1 c. granulated sugar; - 4 egg yolks; - 2 c. all purpose flour; - 2 tsp. baking powder; - 1/4 tsp salt; - 1 c. broken nuts; - 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract; - 4 egg whites

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ginger skaggs

harrodsburg, KY

Updated on Oct 7, 2012

I got this recipe out of the alumni cookbook of the college I graduated from. I've made it many times over the past 30 years. It's rich but boy is it good. My boys love it topped with ice cream.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 30 Min

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Ingredients

- 2 sticks butter or margarine
- 1 box brown sugar ( lb.)
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 c. all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 c. broken nuts
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 egg whites

How To Make chess cake

Step 1

Melt butter; add both sugars and blend well.

Step 2

Add egg yolks and beat well.
Step 3

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture.
Step 4

Fold in nuts and vanilla.
Step 5

Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into creamed mixture.
Step 6

Spread batter in greased and floured 9x13 pan.
Step 7

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Step 8

This cake is suppose to sink in the center. If overcooked the outside edges will get hard.
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