Chocolate nut torte

5    Eggs
  2 1/2 c  Sugar
  2 1/2 ts baking powder
      1 tb butter
  1 1/4 c  Scaled milk
  2 1/2 c  flour
      1 ts vanilla
    1/8 ts Salt
           Frosting:
      2 c  Milk
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  flour
    1/4 c  Cocoa
    1/3 c  Cold milk
      1 c  butter
      1 c  Powered sugar
      2 ts vanilla
           Chopped nuts
 
  Beat eggs till light.  Gradually add one cup sugar and
  continue beating. Add the remaining surgar and beat till
  light and fluffy.  Combine butter with milk and gradually
  add to egg mixture.  Add sifted dry ingredients and
  vanilla.  Mix well.
  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  When cool, cut in half to make
  four layers.
  
  Frosting:
  Heat 2 cups milk in double boiler.  Combine next four
  ingredients and add to hot milk.  Cook over hot water till
  thickened stirring constantly (about 20 minutes).  Remove
  from heat.  Cover and cool to room temperature.
  Thouroughly cream butter and powered sugar.  Add to above
  mixture.  Add vanilla and beat till smooth.  Spread between
  layers and on top and sides of cake.  Decorate with chopped
  nuts.JM.
  
  Note-- I usually do the recipe for the frosting at 1 and
  1/2 times because it is so delicious and I like a good
  layer of frosting inside and out. Every year on Christmas
  Eve, we would have all of my relatives over for a mass and
  party.  The high-lite of this event was the "Torte" my mom
  would make.  I remember her spend all day in the kitchen
  baking on Christmas Eve.  We only got this cake once a year
  because it was a lot of work, but well worth the work and
  the wait. "The Fisher's" 
 
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