"Carolina Pound Cake" - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 sticks butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 1/4 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
3 tsp. almond extract
1 c. milk
3 drops yellow cake coloring

Preparation

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar with electric beaters 10 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time; continue creaming.
Add flour, milk, salt, baking powder and almond extract.
(Blend well all ingredients.)
Pour into a well-greased, floured tube cake pan. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 325\u00b0.
This cake will make twelve servings.