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