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Charleston Squares
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Brief Description
Cake with cherry and pecan topping
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Main Ingredient
Cherry and almond flavors
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Category: Cakes
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 20 min(s)
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Cook Time: 30 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Source:
According to my mom and my granny, Southern Living Magazine is the source for this recipe.
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Notes:
This recipe calls for an uncommonly sized pan. You could probably use 2 8x8 pans instead. Whenever my mom made this at Christmas, she would use a mix of red and green maraschino cherries.
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Posted By: sally
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Posted On: Dec 02, 2014
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 1 cups - Butter or oleo
- 3 cups - Sugar
- 2 - Eggs reserve 1 egg white
- 1 cups - Flour
- 1 teaspoons - Salt
- 1 teaspoons - Vanilla flavoring
- 1 teaspoons - Almond flavoring
- 1 cups - Chopped pecans
Directions:
Cake:
Cream butter (or oleo) and gradually add sugar. Beat the eggs well and add to mixture. Beat until light.
Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt. And add to creamed mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Mix in the flavorings. The batter will be very stiff.
Spread batter in a well greased 16x8x1 1/2" pan.
Icing:
Stiffly beat the egg white. Add the brown sugar and flavoring. Spread over the top of the cake batter. Sprinkle the top with chopped pecans and cherries.
Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for about 20-30 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
Cool in pan and cut into squares.
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