My Mother's Easter Cakes(Scicilian)

Ingredients:

12 - Eggs
4 - Cups Sugar
12 - Tablespoons Crisco
2 - Cups of Milk
12 - Teaspoons baking powder
16 - Cups (about 3 lbs.) Flour

Directions:

Beat eggs, then put in sugar and continue to beat. Melt Crisco, while this is cooling heat the milk to lukewarm and put in the above mixture along with the baking powder, then put in the cooled Crisco. Mix each time an indgredient is added to the mixture.

Add enough flour for a soft but not sticky dough to form.
Roll out the dough and shape it into a horseshoe or round cakes. Put row of washed eggs on top (this is opptional). Bake at 350 degrees until the cake top is nicely browned (about 20 minutes or less). Use colored frosting to decorate. You can also use tinted coconut (green to look like straw) and put next to eggs.

This large recipe makes 16 cakes and can be halved or quatered to make 8 or 4 cakes.
NOTE: Anise may be added to this mixture.

Thanks to Michelle!