Black Walnut Pound Cake

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Crisco
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 Cup Chopped Black Walnuts
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk @ Room Temperature
  • 2 Sticks Margarine (1 Cup Butter) @ Room Temperature
  • 2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 3 Cups Granulated Sugar
  • 5 Eggs @ Room Temperature

Topping Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Chopped Black Walnuts (For Topping)

Equipment:

  • Measuring Cups
  • Long Handle Wooden Spoon
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Oven
  • Stand or Hand Mixer
  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • Stove
  • Batter Spatula
  • Baker?s Joy Baking Spray
  • Ceramic Dinner Plate
  • Sifter
  • 10-inch Round Cake Taker
  • Oven Mitts
  • Bundt? Pan

Pre-Preparation:

  1. Lay out all ingredients/equipment 15 minutes prior to cooking/baking.
  2. SIFT Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt together to create a "FBP&S Mixture" (Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt)
  3. Add in your 1 cup of Black Walnuts to your FBP&S Mixture.

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350oF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, with a mixer, mix Margarine or butter, Crisco, & Sugar together until well blended.
  3. Add in Vanilla Flavorings.
  4. Crack eggs into mixture 1 at a time, until batter is fluffy.
  5. Then remove bowl from mixer.
  6. Using a Wooden Spoon, add "FBP&S Mixture" (3/4 Cup Each Time), & Milk (1/3 Cup Each Time) in this order: "FBP&S Mixture", then Milk, then "FBPS Mixture", then Milk & repeat ending with "FBP&S Mixture" You will have to add the "FBP&S Mixture" 5 times, the Milk 3 times.
  7. Generously grease inside of the Bundt Pan.
  8. Pour in cake batter.
  9. Place cake on Lower Middle Oven Rack, this is the rack slot about one level above the Baking Element Coil (Bottom Burner). Using a Pot Holder position Rack as necessary.
  10. Bake for approx. 60 Minutes. Please Note Ovens vary, so check cake approx. 5 Minutes before previously suggested.
  11. After baking let cake stand on stove for at least 15 Minutes.
  12. Then gently dump cake out of pan onto a Cake Plate or other appropriate surface (i.e. Cake plate, or a Large Round Platter and cover.
  13. Then frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup Black Walnuts over frosting.