Simple Pound Cake

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place the butter sugar eggs and vanilla in large mixing bowl and beat on high speed for 4 minutes. Until light and fluffy.

In a medium bowl mix together the flour baking powder baking soda and salt. Set a side until butter mixture is ready.

When butter mixture is finished add 1/3 of the flour mixture. Mix on medium speed just until blended scrape down side of the bowl. Add 1/2 of the milk and beat until blended. Continue adding ingredients in ths manner ending with the last of the flour mixture.

Using a wooden spoon stir mixture to be sure all the ingredients from the bottom of the mixing bowl are incorporated. Batter should be thick.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan and even out the batter.

Place pan on middle rack of oven and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Beacuse oven temperatures vary check after 1 hour. Cake should be golden brown and when a tooth pick is inserted into the cake it should come out clean..

When done remove cake from oven and place pan on a cooling rack for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, run a knife between the cake and pan to loosen it. Remove cake from pan, and allow it to continue cooling on rack for at least 30 minutes.

Enjoy.