Italian Wedding Cake

Description This is a bride’s cake. It was served at a very dear friends wedding. Ingredients ½ cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup shortening ½ cup margarine 2 cups white sugar 5 egg yolks ¼ teaspoon almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 5 egg whites ½ … Read more

Italian Wedding Cookies III

Description Also sometimes called ‘Mexican wedding cookie’, ‘Russian tea cakes’, or ‘butterballs’, can also be made into crescents. You can also substitute pecans and they are very good as well. This is the best version of these I have ever seen, it was given me by a friend who grew up in central Europe. Ingredients … Read more