Ingredients:
3 c. sugar
1 c. Crisco
1/2 stick margarine
7 eggs
1 c. milk
3 c. plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1 oz. bottle red color
Directions:
Cream sugar and shortening well. Add an beat eggs one at a time,
beating well after each. Alternate milk and flour. Add salt
and vanilla. Add red coloring, mixing well into batter. Bake
in greased and floured tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Won baking prize with this cake, in Iredell County, NC.
Topping:
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 box confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 Tbsp instant coffee or other flavor desired
Cream together well and spread on cake when cooled.
Daisy Blackwelder Rimmer