Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pound Cake

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Mix just until blended after each addition.

Stir in flavorings.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.

Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 to 10 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Yield: one 10-inch cake.