BUTTERNUT CAKE (POUND) 
2 sticks butter
3 c. sugar
4 c. cake flour
1 tbsp. lemon and orange extract
1 c. pecan nuts, chopped
1 c. milk
1/2 c. Crisco
5 eggs
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Cream shortening and Crisco; add sugar. Add 1 egg at a time. Alternate flour and milk; add nuts. Put cake in a cold oven at 325 degrees. Bake 1 hour plus 20 minutes in an angel food pan.

 

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