aunt johnnie's pound cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter
• 2 1/2 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 cups cake flour

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). lightly grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan.
• cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy (for best results use an electric mixer). this will take a while. add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. beat in almond extract.
• combine baking powder and flour. stir into creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with flour. pour batter into prepared pan.
• bake in the preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out a wire rack and cool completely.