Old Fashioned Kentucky Nut Cake

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 3  eggs 
• 2.7 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup milk 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.7 cup shortening 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1.3 cups walnuts chopped
• 0.7 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• wire rack
• cake form

Directions

1. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
2. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
3. Combine milk and vanilla, and add alternately with flour mixture to egg mixture. Fold in nuts.
4. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.