Recipe: Old Fashioned Pound Cake
Description: This is from the Great American Recipes collection.  To freeze: cut into slices and wrap in foil or plastic wrap.
Ingredients: [{"text": "1/2 cup butter, softened"}, {"text": "1/4 cup vegetable shortening"}, {"text": "1 cup sugar"}, {"text": "1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract"}, {"text": "1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract"}, {"text": "1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice"}, {"text": "3 eggs"}, {"text": "1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour"}, {"text": "1 teaspoon baking powder"}, {"text": "1/2 cup milk"}, {"text": "lemon slice (to garnish) (optional)"}]
Instructions: In a large bowl, cream butter and shortening until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla, lemon extract and lemon juice.
Beat until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Sift together flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes on wire rack, then remove from pan.
