Pound Cake

By LLRedd

Makes one tube cake, 2 loaf pans, or 1 Bundt + mini loaf

Ingredients

• 4 C sifted flour
• 1 t baking powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 C SWEET, unsalted butter
• 3 C sugar
• pinch nutmeg
• 6 eggs, room temp.
• 1 C milk
• 2 t lemon or vanilla extract (or 1 of each)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Sift and set aside.

2. Cream butter, add sugar and mix thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.

3. Combine milk and extract, add alternately with dry ingredients, begin and end with dry.

4. Bake at 300 deg., tube pan 1 hr. 20 mins., Bundt 1 hr. 10 min., mini loaf 45 mins, reg. loaf about 1 hour.