Five Flavor Cake

Gwen Beattie

ingredients

Cake

2 sticks butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs, well beaten
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon rum flavoring
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract

Glaze

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon rum flavoring
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond butter

directions

Cake

Cream butter, shortening and sugar until and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, which have been beaten until thick and lemon colored (about 5 minutes). Combine flour and baking powder and add to creamed mixture alternating with milk. Stir in flavorings. Spoon mixture into greased and floured 10 inch tube pan and bake at 325 for about 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done. Add glaze (below), if desired or cool in pan about 10 minutes before turning out on rack to cool.

Glaze

Combine ingredients in heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, and stir until sugar is melted, then spoon very slowly over hot cake in pan. Let set until cake is cool.

Source: Grandmother