Bishop Asbury Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 4 sticks butter softened
• 4 c sugar
• 10 eggs at room temperature
• 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 c sifted cake flour may use 3 12 c all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. Grease and flour a 12-cup tube pan Cream together butter and sugar using a heavy-duty electric mixer Add eggs one at a time and with the mixer running continuously at medium speed add lemon juice and vanilla
3. Finally add the flour a little bit at a time
4. Pour thoroughly mixed batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 12 hours or until a straw test shows that it is done
5. Remove to a rack to cool about 15 minutes then turn out onto the rack