Southern Pound Cake

• 1 cup (225 ml) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) shortening (Crisco)
• 3 cups (700 ml) sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups (700 ml) cake flour
• 1 cup (225 ml) milk
• 1 tsp (5 ml). vanilla
• 1 tsp (5 ml). almond extract
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml). baking powder

1. Cream together butter and shortening.
2. Add sugar and continue to cream until perfectly smooth, about 10 minutes.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating until well blended.
4. Add cake flour a little at a time.
5. Slowly add milk, then flavorings.
6. Add baking powder last.
7. Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
8. Pour cake batter into pan and place in a cold oven.
9. Turn temperature to 325 degrees (175 C.) or 350 degrees (175 C.) and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
10. Do not jar cake or remove from oven too soon.
11. Cool slightly and remove from pan.
12. Freezes well.

butter, shortening, sugar, eggs, cake flour, milk, vanilla, almond extract, baking powder

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000F1F (may not work)