Shelly's Recipe

BLACK WALNUT POUND CAKE

Category: Cakes

1 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
3 cup sugar
5 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1 tbsp vanilla flavoring
1 tbsp black walnut flavoring
1 cup black walnuts, chopped

Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and cream together. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add sour cream and mix together. Add baking powder to flour, alternate flour mixture with the milk. Add flavorings and mix well. Mix in chopped black walnuts by hand. Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour, turn down oven to 300 for 30 minutes more.

Black Walnut Frosting
1/4 cup butter
4 oz cream cheese
1 tbsp black walnut flavoring
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup black walnuts, chopped
Milk, if needed

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add flavoring and powdered sugar. Mix nuts in by hand. Mix well. Put on cooled cake.