Southern comfort at its finest. This pound cake is light and slightly lemony. Pair it with a cup of coffee or an aperitif of amaretto.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Author www.sanpasqualskitchen.com
Ingredients
1cupButter
3cupsSugar
5Eggs
2-¾cupsAll-purpose Flour
½teaspoonsBaking Powder
½teaspoonsSalt
1cupMilk
1teaspoonVanilla Extract
½teaspoonsLemon Extrac
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325ºF and grease and flour a 12” bundt pan.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add this into the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended. Stir in flavorings.
Pour into the greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove pan from oven and set it on a rack. Cool in the the pan for 10 to 15 minutes.
Invert cake out of the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack.