Mom's Margarine Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups white sugar
• 1.5 cups margarine or butter , softened
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch tube pan.

2. 2

   Beat together sugar and margarine in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla and lemon juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl; mix into egg mixture alternating with milk just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.