Grandmother's Pound Cake

By Trix

The recipe is from Fannie Farmer Cookbook (1972 edition). It is a buttery dense cake. I have been making it for years. My family loves this cake. My daughter is especially fond of the ends. I have made it to serve plain or as an ice cream cake topped with a frozen fruit mixture. You must use an electric mixer to get the batter light and fluffy.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups pastry flour or 2 cups cake flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from baking.food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Set oven at 300 degrees. 2 Butter and flour 1 large or 2 small loaf pans. 3 Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 4 Beat in eggs one at a time. 5 When creamy fold in the flour and salt. 6 Spoon in pan/pans. 7 Bake for 1 1/2 hours.