Walnut or Groundnut Cake

Ingredients

 * 8 oz flour
 * 6 oz butter
 * 6 oz castor sugar
 * 3 eggs
 * pinch of salt
 * 2 oz walnuts, or roasted groundnuts
 * 1 teaspoon baking powder
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract if liked

Directions

 * 1) Line a cake tin with greased paper.
 * 2) Chop the nuts coarsely.
 * 3) Sieve the flour, salt and baking-powder.
 * 4) cream the butter and sugar until white.
 * 5) Beat in the eggs one at a time adding 1 teaspoonful of the sifted flour with each to prevent curdling.
 * 6) Stir in half the flour, nuts and essence.
 * 7) Mix thoroughly.
 * 8) Fold in remaining half of the flour.
 * 9) Pour the mixture into a prepared tin and bake in a moderate oven 355 °F.