Aunt Johnnie's Pound Cake

This is a moist, very flavorful pound cake. Absolutely wonderful plain or served with strawberries and whipped cream.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr
• Calories: 544 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 5 eggs
• 2 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 3 cups cake flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

Combine baking powder and flour. Stir into creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Step 4

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 onto a wire rack and cool completely.