Ingredients:
- 2 sticks butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups sifted, plain, all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Directions:
Cream butter, shortening, and sugar until smooth. Add salt and eggs one at a time. Add flour/milk….begin and end with flour and alternate with milk. Add vanilla and almond. Grease and flour cake pan. Pour batter into cake pan. Put in a cold oven (not pre-heated) then set at 300 degrees and bake for 2 hours.