Name: Graham Cracker Cake
Yield: 2 layers
Ingredients: ½ cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 3 egg yolks; 2 tsp. flour; ½ tsp. salt; 2 tsp. baking powder; 30 graham crackers, rolled into crumbs; 1 cup milk; 1 cup nuts, chopped; 3 egg whites, beaten stiff; 1½ cups powdered sugar; 1 Tbsp. coffee; ½ tsp. salt; 4 Tbsp. cocoa; ¼ cup butter; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 egg yolk; strawberry preserves, for between the layers

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Step 1: Cream the shortening and sugar thoroughly.
Step 2: Add the egg yolks and beat until fluffy.
Step 3: Mix the cracker crumbs with the sifted flour, salt and baking powder.
Step 4: Add alternately with the milk.
Step 5: Fold in the nut meats and egg whites.
Step 6: Bake in 2 greased 8-inch layer pans in a moderate oven, 350°F, for 30 minutes.
Step 7: Spread strawberry preserves between the layers.
Step 8: For the frosting, sift the sugar. Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until smooth.
Step 9: Add the remaining ingredients and beat until well blended.

What we changed or couldn’t read (3)

Source reads '4 Cup butter' in the frosting; shown as ¼ cup (likely a dropped fraction).
'2 Tsp. flour' is small but plausible, since the graham crumbs replace most of the flour.
The frosting uses a raw egg yolk.

Graham Cracker Cake

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