This is the recipe a friend made for her own wedding cake. She was disappointed in not having time to make her own wedding dress, so she settled for making her own cake. She uses this cake for making birthday cakes that she decorates and sells too. It was the BEST wedding cake we have ever eaten and we have eaten many! The secret is Fresca (a soft drink product made by The Coca-Cola Company) If you cannot get Fresca, use Sprite. I have made this cake many times, and get asked for the recipe always. All who make it LOVE IT!

Fresca Cake

3 cups flour
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1/2 cup Crisco
2 sticks butter
7 oz. Fresca
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
dash salt

Cream butter, sugar and Crisco until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and Fresca, beginning and ending with flour. Add flavorings and salt and beat until very smooth.

Grease and flour a tube pan, bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 mins, check after one hour.

This cake is wonderful plain, but for a special treat, use this icing on it

Icing
1/2 cup Crisco
1/4 cup milk
1 box 10x sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla

Mix well and frost the cake.You will have to adapt it for making layers instead of the tube pan!