Four Flavored Pound Cake

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: 2 hrs
• 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).