Four Flavored Pound Cake

Submitted by Bre S.

"My great-grandmother's recipe for a four flavor pound cake. This cake is one of my favorite childhood memories and is packed full of flavor."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs (well-beaten)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon rum flavoring
• 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons almond flavoring

directions

1. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs to mixture.
3. Sift all-purpose flour and baking powder. Add to creamed mixture while alternating with sweet milk.
4. Add rum, lemon, almond, and vanilla flavoring to mixture.
5. Place mixture in well-greased 10-in. tube pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until done (may take a little longer).