- 2/3 cup shortening
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups chopped walnuts
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
- In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Combine milk and vanilla, and add alternately with flour mixture to egg mixture. Fold in nuts. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.