Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1 c. chopped pecans
  • 2 Tbsp. Crisco
  • 1 c. white sugar
  • 1 egg, separated
  • 3 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 c. sifted flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • dash of salt
  • 3/4 c. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Method

  • Melt butter and stir in brown sugar and pecans.
  • Put in bottom of a greased 9-inch round cake pan.
  • Cream Crisco and sugar.
  • Add unbeaten egg yolk.
  • Sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Add alternately with a mixture of milk and vanilla.
  • Beat egg white until stiff.
  • Fold in egg white.
  • Pour on top of sugar and pecan mixture.
  • Bake 30 minutes at 350°.
  • Turn out on cake plate while hot.
  • Serve with whipped cream.