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125-Year-Old Walnut Party Pound Cake

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 lb Butter
  • 3 c Sugar
  • 1 ts Rum extract
  • 3 c Flour
  • 1 c Half and half
  • 1/2 c Shortening
  • 5 Eggs
  • 1 ts Vanilla
  • 1 ts Baking powder
  • 1 c 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 4 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Bake for 80 minutes. Or use two regular pans, size 3 1/2 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@preferred-sys.presys.com>