5 eggs
3 c. sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. flour
1 c. milk
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. black walnuts

Beat eggs real good. Add sugar; beat good. Add Crisco and butter; beat good. Add flour and milk alternately. Add salt and extract last. Fold in nuts dusted with flour.

Grease and flour tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Note: Can be made without nuts. Adding 2 teaspoons of lemon extract and the vanilla.