3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
5 tbsp cocoa
3/4 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 lb butter
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk
Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa. Set aside. Coat the chopped pecans with a small amount of the dry mixture.
Cream shortening and butter. Add sugar and beat well.
Add eggs one at a time; beat well after each egg. Add vanilla and beat in.
Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Beat well. Fold in chopped nuts.
Pour into pan. Bake at 325 for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes. Check cake; it will probably take a bit longer.
Pat’s recipe
