Pound Cake

1 lb butter
2 2/3 cups sugar
7 large eggs (room temperature)
1/2 cup of half and half (room temperature)
3 1/2 cups of flour
2 tbs vanilla extract
2 tbs almond extract

1. separate the eggs
2. cream the butter
3. add sugar
4. add yolk to the mixture ( yellow part)
5. add flour and half and half alternately
6. whip egg white until stiff (add 6 tbs of sugar)
7. pour egg whites into mixture
8. add extract to mixture
9. butter and flour pan
10. bake for 1.5 hours at 325 degrees