Coconut pound cake

1 cup butter ½ cup vegetable shortening 3 cups sugar 5 large eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 1 cup milk 1 tsp. coconut flavoring 1 tsp. rum extract Coconut Pound Cake Icing Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a tube pan. Beat together butter and shortening. Add sugar and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift dry ingredients together. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add flavoring. Pour into tube pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Pour Coconut Pound Cake Icing over warm cake. Coconut Pound Cake Icing
½ cup sugar ¼ cup water ½ tsp. almond flavoring