Strawberry Pound Cake

3 1/4 c. sugar
1 pt. strawberries
2 sticks butter
Few drops red food coloring
6 eggs, separated
3 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream butter and 3 cups sugar until very creamy. Wash and clean strawberries and blend in blender, add 1/4 cup sugar and liquify; set aside. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition to the butter-sugar mixture. Sift flour three times. Add flour and 1 cup liquified strawberries alternately to the butter-sugar-egg mixture and blend after each addition. Add vanilla extract and food coloring and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into well greased and lightly floured tube pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees. Cool.

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