The Wilson House Inn
Bed and Breakfast

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Heritage Recipe

Black Walnut Cake

This recipe is the Winborn Reunion's favorite cake. The Winborn reunion is held each year at the Wall Doxey State Park in North Mississippi. Winborn was a small community with the post office in the back of the general store that my Aunt Nora ran. She was the first woman Postmaster in the state of Mississippi. Mrs. Margaret Nichols shared this recipe with me only because my aunt was her favorite cousin (and I begged). Delissa Britt

Ingredients

1/2 cup margarine, softened

1/2 cup Wesson or Mazola oil

2 cups sugar

5 eggs, separated

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups chopped black walnuts

One 6-ounce package of frozen coconut, thawed

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 stick of oleo, melted

One 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

1 box powdered sugar, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream margarine and oil. Add sugar and beat well. Add egg yolks and beat well. Mix buttermilk and baking soda. Stir until baking soda dissolves. Add flour to mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla, add walnuts and coconut, and stir well. In separate bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into 3 greased, wax paper-lined 9-inch round pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pans for 10 minutes and turn out.

Cream Cheese Frosting: Melt oleo and mash up cream cheese. Add oleo to cream cheese and mix. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Spread on layers and top of the cake.

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