The Perfect Pound Cake
By Paula Deen
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 sticks softened butter
- 3 cups (use regular flour and you'ÂÂll be sorry) cake flour
- 8 oz at room temperature heavy whipping cream
- 6 at room temperature eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Directions
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer.
Add 1 egg at a time.
Add flour and cream, alternating between the two.
Add baking powder.
Add salt.
Add vanilla.
Put in greased and floured “pound cake pan,” you know, the one with the funnel in the middle.
Put in cold oven, middle rack.
Turn oven to 350 °F and go run errands. Come back in 1 hour and remove. Let cool.
