Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1/2 c. Crisco or 1 stick margarine
3 c. cake flour or plain
1 tsp. vanilla
2 sticks butter
8 eggs (beat one at a time)
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. lemon juice or flavoring

Preparation

Cream sugar, butter and Crisco until creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add flour with baking powder.
Mix well but not overbeat.
Pour into a tube pan which has been well-greased and floured.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.