AUNT NANCY’S POUND CAKE

5 eggs
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 lb butter (not oleo)
3 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond
Cream butter and shortening. Add eggs, one at a time.
Blend in sugar and flour alternately with milk and
flavoring.
Put in COLD oven. Turn oven to 325°. Cook for 1
hour and 25 minutes.
This recipe is from my Aunt Nancy Reekes (my mother’s
sister).