Golden pound cake

1 x 10\" cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter/ margarine; softened
½ cup Shortening
3 cups Sugar
5 eaches Eggs
2⅔ cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
½ teaspoon Lemon extract

Directions

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended. Stir in flavorings.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-inch Bundt pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Yield: one 10-inch cake.

Note: to determine the size of a Bundt pan, measure the amount of water it holds.

Source: Ann M. Johnston, Nov.1990"Southern Living" Compliments of:

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