1/2 c. chopped nuts
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 c. (1 pt.) sour cream
2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine nuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and the cinnamon; set aside. Mix flour with baking powder and salt. Combine sour cream and soda. Cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon 2/3 of the batter into a greased 10 inch tube pan. Top with 1/2 of the nut mixture. Add remaining batter and nut mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for abut 1 hour or until cake just begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.