3 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup butter
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cherry flavoring
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cherries in juice — chopped
Cream sugar, shortening and butter; add eggs, one at a time. Add flour, baking powder, salt, and cherry flavoring alternately with milk. Beat until creamy. Stir in cherries. Bake in greased tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour and then increase heat to 350 degrees for 30 minutes.