Butternut Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups butter-flavored vegetable shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla butter nut flavoring

Instructions:

Cream the shortening then gradually add the sugar, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer unti light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flours and salt, then add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Stir in the flavoring. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan and bake at 325° for 1 1/2 hours or until it tests done. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.