1 c. butter
1 2/3 c. sugar
5 lg. eggs
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. almond extract
2 c. cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add lemon juice and almond extract; beat mixture. Sift in flour and salt. Beat mixture well and pour into a paper-lined loaf pan.

Bake in 325 degree oven until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean (about 1 hour and 20 minutes). Let cake cool in pan 5 minutes, then lift it out to finish cooling on cake rack.