Cold-Oven Black Walnut Cake

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing pan

1/2 cup margarine, at room temperature

1/2 cup shortening

3 cups granulated sugar

6 large eggs

1/2 tsp. baking powder

3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for prepping pan

1/2 lb. black walnuts, chopped

1 cup whole milk

Directions
Make cake batter:
Cream together the butter, margarine, and shortening in a large bowl. Add sugar, and beat until fluffy.

butter and sugar beaten to fluffy
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Add eggs 1 at a time, and beat well. Add baking powder to flour.

adding eggs to butter-sugar mixture
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Toss walnuts in flour mixture. Add walnut-flour mixture and milk a little at a time to the butter mixture.

adding flour mixture to cake batter with dairy
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Add cake batter to pan:
Pour batter into a greased and floured large tube pan.

cake batter in tube pan
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Bake cake:
Place pan in a cold oven and turn oven to 350°F. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Do not open the oven door until time is up.

Test Kitchen Tip
We tested this recipe with 1 cup butter and 1/2 cup shortening but no margarine. Dust the cake with powdered sugar for some extra flair.