Apple Cider Pound Cake 

1 cup butter/margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 cup apple cider
1 tsp. vanilla 

Combine butter and shortening, blending well. Gradually add sugar, while continuing to blend. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture, alternately with apple cider. Stir in vanilla. Pour into well greased 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 F. For 1 hour and 50 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely.