Ingredients for - Old Fashioned Pound Cake II

1. Shortening 1 ½ cups
2. White sugar 3 cups
3. Eggs 6
4. Milk 1 cup
5. All-purpose flour 3 ½ cups
6. Salt 1 teaspoon
7. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
8. Lemon extract 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Old Fashioned Pound Cake II

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.

2 . Stage

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.