Coconut Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. white sugar
1/2 c. butter
2/3 c. Crisco
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 c. sweet milk
5 eggs
1 1/4 c. coconut
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla or almond

Preparation

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
Add milk, a little at a time, then the flavoring.
Add the coconut last.
Grease and flour tube pan ahead of time.
Pour batter into tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.
Turn out cake, cool a few minutes and punch holes in top of cake.
Pour on glaze (add the glaze to hot cake).
Punch holes in cake with toothpick.