Sprite Pound Cake

Gaye Lynn's recipe a favorite of my Grandmother.
She loved Lemon Flavoring and never missed an opportunity to use it.

Ingredients:
3 cups plain flour or cake flour
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups Crisco vegetable shortening
5 eggs
1 cup Sprite or 7 Up
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract

Instructions:
Cream shortening and shortening together, add eggs, one at a time, slowly add flour and Sprite and flavoring. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Bake in a tube pan both greased and floured. (or can spray pan with Baker's Joy.