1 c Shortening
4 Eggs
2 c Sugar
3 c Flour
1/2 ts Soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 c Buttermilk
2 ts Rum extract
1 Bottle (small) cherries
1 c Pecans; chopped
-GLAZE-
2 Sticks butter
1 c Sugar
2 tb Rum extract
1 tb Vanilla
CAKE: Cream shortening, sugar & eggs. Sift flour, salt & baking powder
together & add to creamed mixture alternating with buttermilk to which soda
has been added. Mix a small amount of flour with cherries & nuts & add to
above mixture. Add extract. Bake in greased & floured tube pan at 325 for
60 minutes. GLAZE: Combine butter & sugar. Boil for 10 minutes & add rum
extract & vanilla. Pour over hot cake.
LILLIAN FRANK
BLYTHEVILLE, AR
From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers’ Assn, Helena-West
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
12 Servings