Deluxe Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
2. 2
   Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
3. 3
   Add vanilla.
4. 4
   (Total beating, 10 minutes.)
5. 5
   Add cake flour, alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
6. 6
   Pour batter into well-greased 10-inch fluted tube pan.
7. 7
   Bake in 350° oven for 1 1/2 hours or until cakes tests done.
8. 8
   (If you use a dark-colored fluted tube pan, reduce temperature to 325°.)
9. 9
   Cook in pan on rack 15 minutes.
10. 10
    Remove from pan; cool on rack.
11. 11
    Dust with confectioners sugar.
12. 12
    Makes 12 servings.