125 Year Old Party Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1/2 c. Crisco
5 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
3 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. rum flavoring
1 c. cream or half and half
1 c. chopped black walnuts

Preparation

Cream the butter and shortening.
Add sugar and beat until very light.
Add whole eggs one at a time.
Add flavoring and beat again.
Add flour, mixed with baking powder.
Alternate with milk, starting and ending with flour.
Fold in walnuts.
Pour in tube pan, greased and floured.
Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325\u00b0.