2 sticks whipped butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
1 c. milk
3 c. flour all purpose
2 tsp. vanilla or 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 tsp. almond flavoring

Cream butter with Crisco. Add sugar and cream well. Add eggs, one at a time. Add milk and flour alternately. Add vanilla. Grease and flour tube pan. Put cake in cold oven. Turn to 325 for 1 hour, then turn to 350 for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and turn out to cool.