Half-A-Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/4 c. shortening
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. cake flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. milk

Preparation

Cream sugar, butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in vanilla. Combine cake flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Add milk and beat 5 minutes.
Pour batter into
a greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan or into 2 smaller loaf pans.
Bake.