Julie's Cold Oven Pound Cake

(our next door neighbor)

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 cup milk (3/4 in damp weather; 1 cup is for high dry climate)
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of baking powder
• 2 tsps. vanilla
• 2 tsps. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. lemon or almond extract

Cream butter, Crisco, sugar and eggs very thoroughly until it looks like whipped cream. Add flour and milk alternately, folding into creamed mixture. Add salt, baking powder, cream of tartar and extract.

Put into ungreased 10" tube pan and put pan into a COLD oven. Set oven temperature at 325° F and bake 1 hour and 25 minutes. DO NOT open the oven while it is baking.