Pound Cake

prep time:: 20 min
total time:: 1 hr 45 min

One 9x5 1/4 inch loaf

A dense cake made with flour, eggs, sugar and butter. The cake takes its name from a traditional recipe that called for one pound of each ingredient to be mixed in order to make two cakes.

ingredients

3/4C (168g) Butter (softened)
4 ounces (112g) Cream Cheese (softened)
1 1/2C (300g) Sugar
2t (8g) Vanilla
1 1/2C Cake Flour
3 Eggs

directions

1
Preheat oven to 325°.
2
Grease and flour a loaf pan.
3
Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar.
4
Stir in the vanilla.
5
Add the flour and the eggs alternately, beginning and ending with the flour.
6
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
7
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes - 1 hr 30 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

notes

If you don't have cake flour you can substitute all-purpose flour but use 3T less. Instead of 2t of vanilla you can use 1 1/2t (6g) vanilla and 1/2t (2g) almond extract. Recipe can be doubled and made in a 10 inch tube pan.

Source: Joyce Spears