Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup cherries in juice (chopped)
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 teaspoons cherry flavoring
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
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.
