Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 C. shortening
- 1/2 C. melted oleo
- 3 1/2 C. all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 1/2 C. chopped pecans
- 1 1/2 C. mashed sweet potatoes (No. 2 can)
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 6 eggs
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. allspice
- 1 1/4 C. buttermilk
Directions
Cream shortening and oleo; add sugar; beat well. Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat well each egg (1 minute each). Combine next 7 ingredients. Stir well to cream mixture, alternately with buttermilk beginning with flour and ending with flour, Tbs. at a time. Grease and flour 1 (10 inch) bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan and on top of cake. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in the pan
