Classic Pound Cake

By mamacook1

Great, Very crusty

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 c cold unsalted butter cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 (8oz) pkg cold cream cheese
• 2 3/4 c sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 c sifted cake flour

Details

Servings 15

Preparation

Step 1

Let eggs come to room temperature.
Generously butter and flour two 8x4x2 inch loaf pans or one 10 inch tube pan.
Beat butter on low speed for 2 minutes. Add cream cheese and beat until well blended and waxy. Add sugar slowly, add salt. Continue beating for 5 minutes.
Add eggs one at a time, beating between each. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add about 2 1/2 c flour mixing until blended.
Fold in remaining flour by hand with a rubber spatula.
Turn batter into pans and cut through batter with a zig zag pattern and drop several times from about 6 inches to dislodge any air bubbles. Place on center rack in a cold oven.
Bake at 300* for 1 hour 15 minutes or 1hour and 45 minutes for a tube pan.