Mincemeat Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. light corn syrup
3 eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. chopped pecans
1 (9 oz.) pkg. mincemeat, crumbled

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add corn syrup and eggs.
Sift flour (reserve a little to coat pecans and mincemeat) with spices and add alternately with buttermilk.
Stir in nuts and mincemeat.
Bake in a 10-inch tube pan 1 hour or until cake tests done.
Cool 10 minutes in the pan before turning out. Freeze if desired.
Thaw before serving.