1/2 c Shortening
1 c Milk
1 c Butter
1/4 ts Salt
3 c Sugar
1/4 ts Baking Powder
5 Eggs
2 ts Vanilla
3 c Flour
1 c Chopped walnuts (fine)
Cream butter and Shortening thoroughly; add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time.
Beat until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each
addition. Add 2 cups flour alternately with milk containing
flavoring. Add the last 1 cup flour containing salt and baking
powder. Stir in 1 cup finely chopped walnuts. The batter will be
thick and fluffy. Spoon into tube pan, which has been lightly greased
and floured. Place the cake in cold oven on middle shelf. Turn oven
to 350 degrees. Don’t open door for 1 1/4 hours. Allow cake to cool
in pan on wire rack.
Yields
6 Servings