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2 sticks butter, room temperature
1/2 cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 large  eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon PURE vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees°. 
• Using a stand mixer cream the butter and shortening together until creamy. 
• Add sugar, one cup at a time. It may be a little grainy, but don’t worry it won’t stay that way.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.  I break each egg into a small bowl and whisk it before adding it. Grams always thought this was best.
• Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl.
• Alternately add milk and flour mixture, starting with the flour and ending with the flour until creamy and smooth. 
• Mix in lemon juice and vanilla.  Batter will be a bit thick.
• Use a spatula to move batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
• Bounce the pan on the counter top several times to remove the air bubbles and level it out for an evenly baked top.
• Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. I start my timer at 1 hour and then check every 10-15 minutes after that.
• Cool for 15 minutes.
• Invert onto a plate and cool for 15 minutes more and then invert again so the pretty side is up.
• Serve with your favorite topping.