1 lb. butter 1 tsp. salt
1 lb. sugar (2 cups) 1 lb. cake flour (4 cups, sifted)
10 eggs, beaten slightly 1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp, vanilla
Have butter at room temperature (can use Crisco if you do not have butter). Cream thoroughly. Add sugar slowly, a little at a time, and beat well. Add vanilla. Add eggs alternately with sifted ingredients. Pour into greased tube pan (or 2 loaf pans). Bake at 300 deg. for 1-3/4 hours. This was Grandpa Allen's favorite cake.
NOTE: Can also be made using instead of vanilla, 2 tsp. orange extract, and laying two geranium leaves in bottom of pan.