Walnut Cream Cheese Cake

• For Dusting pan
• 1 -2 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 - 2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
• For Cake
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 lb cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cup medium chopped walnuts

1. Butter a 2 Quart Bundt or Kugelhopf pan and dust with finely chopped walnuts.
2. Preheat oven to 300u0b0F.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Set aside.
5. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter while adding the cream cheese, lemon rind, and sugar.
6. Beat until smooth.
7. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until incorperated.
8. The batter may appear slightly curdled, but that's normal for this batter so don't worry about it.
9. Graduall add the dry mixture to the batter, then stir in the Medium chopped Walnuts.
10. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
11. Cool on wire rack and serve at room temperature.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/walnut-cream-cheese-cake-94021 (may not work)