Cherry Pound Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

Cherry Pound Cake

Recipe By : Margaret Davis - From her own cookbook
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup butter
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cherry flavoring
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cherries in juice -- chopped

Cream sugar, shortening and butter; add eggs, one at a time. Add flour,
baking powder, salt, and cherry flavoring alternately with milk. Beat until
creamy. Stir in cherries. Bake in greased tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour
and then increase heat to 350 degrees for 30 minutes.



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NOTES : Cherry flavoring has been hard to find. I substitute juice from the
marachino cherries. I also add one tablespoon of vanilla to the recipe. -
John Setzler