2 sticks butter
5 eggs
1/2 c. Crisco shortening
3 1/2 c. plain flour
1 lb. plus 1 c. light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Let eggs and butter sit until they are room temperature. Cream together butter and Crisco. Add 5 eggs, one at a time, creaming after each. Add brown sugar. Sift together flour and baking powder. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to sugar mixture. Bake at 325 degrees in greased and floured tube pan for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.

FROSTING:

1 stick butter
1 c. chopped pecans
1 box confectioners' sugar
Milk to thin

Toast pecans in butter in thick broiler pan in oven until they brown well. Let cool a little.

In a bowl, add confectioners' sugar to pecan mixture. Add milk enough to thin to spreading consistency. Spread on top of cake, but nowhere else and let it drip down sides.