Powdered Sugar Pound Cake

By sklesley

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb. (1 1/2 cups) butter
• 1 lb. (3 1/2 cups) powdered sugar, sifted
• 6 large eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300. Beat butter until creamy. Slowly add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Heavily butter and flour a 10" (12 cup) bundt pan. Add almonds - tilt pan to coat inside with nuts. Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Bake about 1 1/2 hours till toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen. Turn out and cool for an hour.