Old-Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup shortening , such as Crisco®
• 5 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

2. 2

   Combine sugar, flour, eggs, shortening, whole milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and baking powder in a large bowl; pour into the prepared pans.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.