Banana Nut Bread

½ cup shortening
½ cup butter
3 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
3 ½ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
6 small banana
1 cup chopped pecans
½ cup buttermilk

Cream shortening,butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, blending thoroughly after each addition. In a separate bowl sift flour, salt, and soda twice. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to the creamy mixture. Combine bananas and nuts and blend into mixture. Pour into a greased angle-food cake pan and bake in 350° F oven for one and one-half to one and three-fourths hours. This may be baked in two greased loaf pans for one hour and 10 minutes.