1 lb. butter
8 eggs
3 1/2 c. Swans Down flour
3 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. lemon
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2/3 c. evaporated milk

Preheat the oven at 275 degrees. Then cream the sugar and butter. Add 1 egg at a time. Salt and baking powder. Add flour alternating the milk. Add lemon and vanilla last. Bake in a tube pan for 1 hour and a half to 1 hour and 45 minutes. When the cake is done put the cake in aluminum foil as soon as it comes out of the oven. Do not let it cool.