125 Year Old Walnut Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
5 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup half and half
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups plain flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1 cup finely chopped black walnuts

Preparation

Cream butter and shortening.
Add sugar and beat well.
Add eggs one at a time and beat. Mix 1/2 flour with nuts and other half of flour with baking powder.
Mix in alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
Fold in nuts.
Bake in a large greased and floured pan for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325 degrees. Do not open oven for the first hour.