MAMA'S POUND CAKE

This has become my favorite pound cake recipe. I borrowed it from Paula Deen.

1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter,plus more for the pan
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
1/2 teaspoon fne salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350* F

With a mixer, cream butter and shortening together. Add sugar, a little at the time. Add eggs, 1 at the time, beating after each addition. Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl and add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with flour and ending woth flour. Mix in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

I have made a butter and powdered sugar icing and topped it with that and it was so good.