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.