Recipe Country Pound Cake (Cake)

Required Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 2/3 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Preparing/Cooking:

• Do not preheat the oven.
• Grease 10 inch tube pan and line bottom with wax paper or parchment paper.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, shortening, and sugar on low speed for 10 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition.
• Alternately add the flour mixture and milk, mixing well.
• Add the vanilla and lemon extracts.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Set the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool in the pan for 1 hour.
• Remove to a cake rack and cool for at least 3 hours.

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