A treat for any autumn potluck feast, too good not to share. Your choice of frostings or none at all. However you make it, it's delicious!

* ***CAKE***
* 2 cups sugar
* 2/3 cup butter
* 3 eggs
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
* 1 cup milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 cup hickory nuts, chopped(reserve a few halves for garnish)

1. Cream together sugar and butter for cake
2. Add eggs; beat on medium speed on mixer for 2 minutes
3. Mix dry ingredients together lightly with a fork.
4. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
5. Mix well.
6. Stir in vanilla and nuts.
7. Pour into a greased & floured13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. pan or two
8-in. pans.
8. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.
9. Cool.

* *****PENUCHE FROSTING**** *
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 1/4 cup milk or cream
* 2 cups confectioners sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt butter in medium saucepan.
Add brown sugar; boil for 2 minutes.
Add milk; bring to boil
Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm.
Beat in sugar and vanilla. (Add 1/2 cup chopped hickory nuts, if
desired)
Frost cake.
Garnish with reserved hickory nut halves.

::::MAPLE FROSTING ::::

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon maple flavored extract
Blend/whip all ingredients.

(recipe from the nativecooking yahoo group)