Mimi's Pound Cake

I grew up eating this pound cake.  Mimi would butter and toast it for us, and that is always my very favorite way to eat it!!

2 sticks butter
1/2 cup Crisco
3 C sugar
3 C flour
1 C milk
5 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream shortening, butter and sugar.

Add eggs, one at a time.

Add baking powder, flour and milk alternately.  (Begin with 1/3 of flour, then 1/2 milk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 milk, 1/3 flour.)

Add vanilla.

Bake in 2 greased and floured bread loaf pans.

350 for 1 1/4 hours.

Don't open oven door until baking time is almost up.

Check to see if cake test done.