100 Year Old Black Walnut Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
3 c. sugar
1 tsp. rum extract
3 c. flour
1 c. milk
1/2 c. shortening
5 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking powder
1 c. chopped black walnuts (or walnuts and black walnut flavoring)

Preparation

Beat butter and shortening.
Add sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add extracts to milk.
Add baking powder to flour.
Alternately add liquid and dry ingredients to batter.
Stir in walnuts.
Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until cake is tested done.