1 box confectioners' sugar
1 lb. butter (1/2 lb.) butter and 1/2 lb. butter flavored Crisco may be used)
4 c. Swans Down cake flour
6 lg. eggs
1 heaping tsp. Calumet baking powder
Juice of 1 lemon
1/3 c. water
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
Drops yellow coloring, if desired

Cream butter and sugar. Alternate adding the eggs and flour/baking powder mixture, starting with an egg, then 1 cup flour, an egg, 1 cup flour, etc. Start and end with egg, beating after each addition.