Never-fail Pound Cake - Paula Deen

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• vanilla ice cream
• berries, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 special equipment: a 10-inch bundt pan, greased and floured
• 2 in a large bowl, using a mixer, combine the butter and sugar until creamy.
• 3 add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 add the flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour.
• 5 stir in the lemon extract.
• 6 spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• 7 place pan in a cold oven and heat oven to 325 degrees f. bake cake for 1 hour. increase the temperature to 350 degrees f and bake for 30 minutes more.
• 8 *cook's note: do not open the oven door while baking.
• 9 cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.