3 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1/2 lb. butter
5 eggs
1 c. milk
1/2 c. Crisco
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Pinch of nutmeg
1 tbsp. vanilla

Cream butter and Crisco until it looks like mayonnaise (10 minutes). Add eggs and sugar. Cream well. Add flour and milk alternately; beating after each addition. Add baking powder and pinch of nutmeg to last part of flour. Add vanilla with last of milk. Put in cold oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done. Some ovens will bake in 1 hour.