1/2 cup shortening, room temperature
5 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
6 Tbsp lemon juice
1 lemon, zested
Directions:
1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350F. Spray or butter and flour 2 loaf pans or one large Bundt pan.
2️⃣ Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside.
3️⃣ Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4️⃣ Add dry ingredients in three additions to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Mix in lemon juice and zest.
5️⃣ Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake cakes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes.
6️⃣ Turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely.
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