Southern Pound Cake

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Southern Pound Cake

Ingredients

1 lb. butter at room temperature
1 lb powdered sugar (confectionery)
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups cake flour, sifted 3 times and re-measured
6 large eggs at room temperature
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Add the salt, flour, eggs and vanilla. Make sure the cake batter is blended together until fluffy.

Por into a well-oiled and floured tube pan or a non-stick tube pan. Bake in a pre-heated 325-F degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a tooth pick that is inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on a rack to finish cooling.

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