125-year-old walnut party pound cake

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Butter
3 cups Sugar
1 teaspoon Rum extract
3 cups Flour
1 cup Half and half
½ cup Shortening
5 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Black walnuts; chopped

Directions

Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and beat until very light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Add flavoring and beat again. Add flour mixed with baking powder, alternating with milk, starting and ending with flour. Fold in walnuts.

Pour into a tube pan that has been greased and floured. Use one very large pan, size 4¾ x 9 ½ inches. Bake for 80 minutes. Or use two regular pans, size 3 ½ x 9 inches and bake for 70 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees.

Do not open oven during first hour.

NOTE: If you do not like rum flavoring, it may be omitted; however, increase the vanilla to 2 teaspoons.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #291 Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:46:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Steve L. Balliet" <sballiet@...>

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