Old-Fashioned Nut Loaf

Name: Old-Fashioned Nut Loaf
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened; 1 cup sugar; 3 eggs; 2 cups sifted cake flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/3 cup milk; 1 cup finely chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

9 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; repeat sifting, and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended. Gently stir in pecans and vanilla.
3

Spoon batter into a greased 8 1/2- x 4 1/2- x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.