Ingredients:
3 c. sugar
1 c. Crisco
1/2 stick margarine
7 eggs
1 c. milk
3 c. plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1 oz. bottle red color

Directions:
Cream sugar and shortening well.  Add an beat eggs one at a time, beating well after each.  Alternate milk and flour.  Add salt and vanilla.  Add red coloring, mixing well into batter.  Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.  Won baking prize with this cake, in Iredell  County, NC.

Topping:
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 box confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 Tbsp instant coffee or other flavor desired

Cream together well and spread on cake when cooled.

Daisy Blackwelder Rimmer