Black Walnut Cake
By: Amy Jeanroy
Published: Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 9:41pm

Ingredients




2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup lard
1 cup black walnuts, chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice, cloves and salt
2 tsp baking powder
3 cups flour
2 cups beer

Preparation

1 Combine lard and sugar and beat until fluffy 2 Add eggs, mixing well after each 3 Combine dry ingredients together 4 Alternate adding dry ingredients and beer to lard/sugar/egg mixture 5 Stir in nuts, if using 6 Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes 7 9X13 pan

About

This is a delicious family favorite. Feel free to leave out the black walnuts, but their natural sweetness and depth of flavor, makes it lovely.