Recipe - 125-Year-Old Walnut Party Pound Cake

One half pound Butter
3 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Rum extract
3 cup Flour
1 cup Half and half
One half cup Shortening
5 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Black walnuts; chopped

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 Three fourths x 9 One half inches. Bake for 80 minutes. Or use two regular
pans, size 3 One half 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 MCRecipe Digest V1 #291

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:46:41 0800 (PST)

From: "Steve L. Balliet" sballiet@preferredsys.presys.com