3 sticks butter
3 c. sugar
5 lg. eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. lemon flavor or
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp. almond extract
7/8 c. ginger ale or similar soda

Cream butter until light, cream in sugar and beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in 1 cup flour, then add extracts and a little ginger ale. Continue adding flour, alternating with ginger ale until you use all. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan or one 10 inch tube pan. Bake in preheated 275 degree oven for one hour and forty five minutes, until knife inserted into cake comes out clean or cake shrinks from pan.