*One of Mary Myrick’s best recipes*

Ingredients:

• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 2-3/4 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup Orange Crush, at room temperature
• 1 tsp. orange extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9″ tube (or Bundt) pan. Thoroughly cream together the shortening, butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add orange drink alternately with the sifted flour. Stir in the flavorings. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 mins. or until cake tests done. Cool for 10 mins. before removing cake from pan to wire rack. Prepare frosting below.

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 1 tsp. orange extract
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and flavorings. Spread over warm cake. It will cover the top and drizzle somewhat down the sides.

My (Mary) favorite. Visions of “Creamsicle”. So good and well worth the purchase of the orange extract. You can use any good orange drink in place of Orange Crush.