French Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 12 lb sweet butter beaten until fluffy
• 1 lb 10x sugar
• 4 large eggs room temperature
• 3 c sifted flour
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 c milk or buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Beat the butter until fluffy
2. Add the sugar
3. Add the eggs one at a time and beat
4. At slow mixing speed alternate dry ingredients and milk
5. Spoon into tube pan
6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour
7. Do not open oven
8. Cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes Remove cake place on rack to complete cooling