Old Fashioned Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• lemon slice (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream butter and shortening until smooth. add sugar, vanilla, lemon extract and lemon juice.
• 2 beat until fluffy. add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 3 sift together flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
• 4 grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• 5 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 7 cool 15 minutes on wire rack, then remove from pan.