Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

Grease and flour a 10x4-inch, 12-cup tube pan.

Step 3

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and the sugar until well-incorporated.

Step 4

Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, and beat between each addition until well-incorporated.

Step 5

Alternate slowly adding 4 cups of the flour and the milk to the batter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour, and mix after each addition until blended.

Step 6

Stir the almond extract and the vanilla extract into the batter.

Step 7

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Step 8

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 25 minutes.

Step 9

Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack, about 20-30 minutes.

Step 10

Invert the pan and transfer the cake onto a serving tray.

Step 11

Serve.