Ingredients
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 cup flour
4 eggs
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
FILLING
3 cup ground walnuts
2 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
Directions
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time. Mix dry ingredients
and sift 3 times. Add slowly to creamed mixture. Alternate with sour
cream. Add vanilla.
Mix filling ingredients, grease and flour tube or bundt pan. Pour
layer of batter, then a layer of filling, ending with batter. Bake at
350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool on rack 15 minutes.
Remove to serving dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Source:
Cookbook USA
Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps jphelps@shell.portal.com or
jphelps@best.com
Servings: 1 recipe
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