Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Mother)

Cream together: 1 cup Crisco 2 cups sugar add: 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup sour cream 2 eggs alternate with: 2 cups plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Spoon 1/2 the batter into well greased and floured tube pan. have ready: 4 tsp sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 to 1 cup finely chopped nuts Sprinkle half of this over batter and add rest of batter. Top with rest mixture.