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125 YEAR-OLD WALNUT PARTY POUND CAKE

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Make and share this 125 Year-Old Walnut Party Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Cecily Parsley

Categories Breads

Time 2h20m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter
3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon rum extract
3 cups flour
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup shortening
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup black walnut, chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and beat until very light. Add flavouring 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 inches and 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 door during the first hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 769.2, Fat 41.6, SaturatedFat 17.2, Cholesterol 150.8, Sodium 245.5, Carbohydrate 91.3, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 60.4, Protein 10.9

125 YEAR OLD POUND CAKE

125 YEAR OLD POUND CAKE image

Categories Cake Egg

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour, divided use
1 cup black walnuts, chopped fine
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup cream

Steps:

125-Year-Old Walnut Pound Cake Ingredients 1/2 pound butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup shortening 3 cups sugar 5 eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar, beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add flavoring and beat. Mix 1/4 cup flour with the nuts. Mix baking powder into the remaining flour and add to the wet mixture alternately with cream, starting and ending with flour. Fold in nuts. Bake in a large greased and floured tube pan for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Do not open oven during the first hour of baking.