Ingredients

• 1 cup softened butter or margarine

• ½ cup shortening

• 3 cups sugar

• 7 eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 bottle (1 oz.) red food coloring

• 3 cups cake flour

• ¼ tsp salt

• 1 cup milk

Ingredients::

• 2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese

• 4 tbsp butter

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 box (16 oz.) confectioners' sugar

• 1 to 2 tbsp milk

• ½ to 1 cup chopped pecans

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Combine butter, shortening and sugar. Cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add vanilla and food coloring to mixture and mix well.

3. Combine flour and salt and add to creamed mixture, a little at a time, alternating between the flour and milk until all have been used. Mix well after each addition.

4. Pour batter into a well-greased and floured tube cake pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick or knife comes out clean when inserted in the middle.

5. Remove from oven and allow cake to cool 10 minutes in the pan. Cool completely on rack. Invert onto plate before frosting.

6. To make cream cheese frosting, combine butter and cream cheese, blending until smooth. Stir in vanilla, blending well. Stir in confectioners' sugar and mix until creamy, adding milk until you get the consistency you desire. Add pecans and stir well. Spread on cooled cake.