Shirley uses only White Lily flour and Mrs. Filbert’s margarine.
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter-flavored Crisco
1 cup margarine, melted
3 cups sugar
6 jumbo brown eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside. Cream Crisco and margarine together. Add sugar and eggs, one at a time. Mix well. Add ½ cup sour cream and ½ cup of flour mixture together. Add remaining sour cream and flour mixture; mix well. Add vanilla and butter flavoring. Pour into greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 315° for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Note: The McLeansville Baptist Church’s Favorites from our Table cookbook is no longer for sale.
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