Never-Fail Pound Cake

By cnash

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• Vanilla ice cream
• Berries, for garnish
• Special equipment: a 10-inch bundt pan, greased and floured

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 110mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, using a mixer, combine the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the lemon extract. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.

Place the pan in a cold oven and set the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake cake for 1 hour. Increase the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes more.

*Cook's Note: Do not open the oven door while baking.

Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.