Miss Ellen's Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs, large
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour loaf pan. preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter until soft, smooth, and fluffy. add sugar a little at a time, beating until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs one at a time. beat well after each egg.
• 4 stir in flour, salt, and vanilla with spoon. mix well.
• 5 spoon batter into loaf pan and smooth top with spatula.
• 6 bake cake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hrs and test with toothpick.
• 7 let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• 8 slide blade of metal spatula around edge of cake to loosen from pan. turn upside down and gently lift of pan.