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Pound Cake

1 cake (16 slices) · prep 20 min · total 115 min

Bring butter, eggs and milk to room temperature
Preheat oven to 325°F
Grease and flour a 10-in tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan
1 cup unsalted butter, softenedcream until light and fluffy 5 minbeat in one at a timebeat inadd flour mixture alternately with milk on lowbake 325°F 75 to 85 min, until a skewer comes out cleancool in pan 15 min, turn out onto a rack
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flourwhisk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup whole milk
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Makes 1 cake (16 slices). Prep 20 min, cook 1 hr 20 min, ready in 1 hr 55 min.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup whole milk

Before you start

  • Bring butter, eggs and milk to room temperature.
  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Grease and flour a 10-in tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan.

Directions

  1. Cream until light and fluffy 5 min: unsalted butter, sugar.
  2. Beat in one at a time: step 1, eggs.
  3. Beat in: step 2, vanilla extract.
  4. Whisk: all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt.
  5. Add flour mixture alternately with milk on low: step 3, step 4, whole milk.
  6. Bake 325°F 75 to 85 min, until a skewer comes out clean: step 5.
  7. Cool in pan 15 min, turn out onto a rack: step 6.

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