2 sticks butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. sugar
2 tbsp. vanilla
5 lg. eggs
3 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped nuts
1 (10 oz.) jar maraschino cherries, drained & cut
1 sm. can milk

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar (1 cup at a time) until fluffy. Add vanilla, salt and 1 egg; beat well. After each egg add flour and milk. Last, fold in cherries and nuts. Grease and flour cake pan (Bundt pan works well). Start with cold oven - bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours.