Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp. salt
2 tsp. lemon extract
1 tsp. almond extract

Preparation

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.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix just until blended after each addition.
Stir in flavorings.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 5 to 10 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in 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.