Birthday parties were important events! Aunts Eva, Augusta, and Inga always brought food everywhere they went. So for all of our birthdays, they brought, among other things, the cake.
The cake for kids and adults was always the same, white cake, 7 minute frosting, and this super good tasting filling. The cakes were always white, with a bright yellow HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign inserted on the top. This sign was used over and over again for every cake.
The filling recipe, is fairly simple;
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 egg yolks
3 Tablespooncold water
3 Tablespoons butter
Stir well and cook over low heat until mixture thickens. When cool add 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts. Spread between layers of white cake
Frost with 7 minute frosting.
This is a great combination, the frosting uses only egg whites, the filling used the yolks, nothing waisted.
Fun times and wonderful birthday cake. ( I didn't know it had walnuts until I was old enough to to ask for the recipe)
