Banana Nut Bread

Banana Nut Bread
Mrs. Paddy Stapp

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups cake flour, sifted
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup ripe bananas, mashed ( 3 medium bananas)
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Measure 1 cup sifted flour, salt, soda and baking powder and sift twice. Cream shortening and sugar together in large bowl. Add eggs and beat 1 minutes. Alternately add dry ingredients in thirds , then mashed bananas and buttermilk in two parts. Beat well after each addition. Stir in nutmeats.
Grease and lightly flour two loaf pans. Pour batter into pans. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees. cool in pans for 10 minutes. when loaves are cool, spread top of one with orange marmalade and place loaves together, one on top of the other.