Black Walnut Jiffy Cake
- 1 cup black walnuts* (about 4 ounces)
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 large eggs
- *available by mail order from American Spoon Foods, tel. (800) 222-5886
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- and butter and flour a 10 x 4-inch (4-quart) tube pan.
- Coarsely chop walnuts.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- On low speed add flour, salt, and walnuts, beating until combined well, and beat in lemon extract and vanilla.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat batter on high speed 5 minutes.
- Pour batter into tube pan and bake in middle of oven 1 1/4 hours.
- Cool cake in pan on a rack 30 minutes.
- Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/black-walnut-jiffy-cake-100761 (may not work)