Grandma Tee's Nut Cake

Cooking Instructions

Cream sugar butter till creamy then add eggs. Add rest of liquid ingredients and blend well. Add dry ingredients and mix on low speed just untill blended. My grandmother always did this cake by hand with a wooden spoon and elbow grease as the batter will be thick and heavy. Blend in the nuts until well coated. Evenly distribute batter in a well greased and floured tube or Bundt pan and bake at 225 degrees till nicely browned-2 1/2 -3 hours- will sound hollow when tapped. Remove from oven and (important) allow to cool in pan until pan can be comfortably handled with bare hands. Invert to remove from pan and allow to finish cooling before placing in a cake tin with a whiskey soaked cheesecloth.Slice thinly to serve- this is a very rich cake and the nuts tend to make thin slices advisable. Absolutely delicious and we never had a Christmas holiday without it! Enjoy. Note: There is no leavening in this cake. It is almost solid nuts with a delicious spicy batter to hold it all together. It does rise a bit during baking and will fully fill a 10 cup Bundt pan but if you opt for a decorative pan be SURE to grease and flour the nooks and crannies well. Baker's Joy or a similar product works well for this.