Nutty Earthquake Bars

For nuts lovers, this "not too sweet" bars will give you the pleasure of the nuts and cake at the same time...great with a cup of coffee, tea or milk.

You will need...
  • 5 eggs, separate whites and yolks
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup cooking oil
  • 1/4 cup wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup white flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cup of nuts at your choice, such as slice almond, pumpkin seeds, chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds, chopped pecans, etc.
Make it...
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lay a parchment paper on a bottom of 9x13 baking pan.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixture, beat egg whites with cream of tartar and pinch of salt until bubbly (about 30 seconds). Gradually add 1 cup of sugar and continue to whisk at high speed until stiff form. Set aside.
  3. In another large mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks and 1 cup of sugar together until the mixture turns to pale yellow color. Then, add milk and cooking oil, whisk and well blend. Add white flour, wheat flour and baking powder, whisk again until well blend.
  4. Fold the egg white mixture into the yolk mixture slowly with a plastic spatula until blend. Then, fold in nuts. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan. Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of center of the cake is clean.
  5. Chill in the refrigerator. Dust some powdered sugar before serving.