Watkins Famous Five Flavored Cake

This cake is as flavor-packed as you could possibly get. It’s basically a pound cake but it works great for birthdays or any other special event. You’ll love it.

• 2 sticks butter or margarine
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 tsp. Watkins Baking Powder
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 5 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tsp. Watkins Coconut flavor
• 1 tsp. Watkins Rum Extract
• 1 tsp. Watkins Butter Flavor
• 1 tsp. Watkins Lemon Extract
• 1 tsp. Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla

1. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs, which have been beaten until lemon colored.
3. Combine flour and baking powder and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
4. Stir in flavorings.
5. Spoon mixture into prepared 10″ tube pan (Bundt pan must be 10″ or hold 12 cups; an angel food pan may also be used)
6. Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
7. Add glaze if desired.
8. Cool in pan about 10 minutes before turning out.

GLAZE

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. Watkins Butter Flavoring
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. Watkins Lemon Extract
• 1 tsp. Watkins Coconut Flavoring
• 1 tsp. Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla
• 1 tsp. Watkins Rum Flavoring
• 1 tsp. Watkins Almond Extract

1. Combine ingredients in heavy saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is melted.
3. Pour on 1/2 of the glaze while cake is still in the pan, and the other 1/2 when removed.

Enjoy

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