Allow butter and eggs to come to room temperature.

Cream butter with sugar by adding about 1/2 cup sugar at a time.

Blend eggs, one at a time, into butter and sugar mixture.

Sift flour into 1/2 cup measuring cup over parchment paper. Level flour in cup and add to bowl.

Add flour in 1/2 cup increments to butter, sugar and eggs. Mix each 1/2 cup well before adding additional 1/2 cup.

Add vanilla and almond to cake mix and mix well.

Spray cooking spray in tube pan and add cake mix. Make the cake mix as level as possible in the tube pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Check cake by sticking with toothpick. When it comes out clean it is ready to be removed from oven.

Place cake on cake rack until cool, around 30 minutes.

Place tray on top of cake and flip over.

Flip cake over, cut into slices and serve. I'm told it's best warm with butter.