Carolina Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
6 eggs at room temperature
2 sticks butter or margarine
1/2 c. crisco
3 1/4 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon

Preparation

Cream sugar, butter and crisco for 10 minutes or until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
Add salt and baking powder to flour and vanilla and lemon to milk. Alternately fold in flour and milk mixtures.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.