Louisiana Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
1/2 c. shortening
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
1 c. milk
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 c. pecans (optional)
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 small bottle vanilla extract (8 oz.)
1 small bottle lemon extract (8 oz.)

Preparation

Cream butter and shortening.
Add sugar and cream until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each egg.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to sugar mixture alternately with milk.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
Remove from oven, leave in pan and cover tightly with dry towel until cold, for at least one hour.