Ingredients

1/2 cp shortening
1 cp sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cps flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cp strong coffee
2 egg whites
3/4 cp broken walnut meats

Instructions

1 - Cream the shortening; and beat in the sugar and vanilla.
2 - Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder; add the nut meats; and stir alternately with the coffee
into the first mixture.
3 - Lastly, fold in the egg whites, beaten stiff.
4 - Bake in a shallow oiled cake pan in an oven at 375 degrees F. for 35 minutes.
5 - Cut in squares and serve with chocolate sauce.