Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. 2
   With an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until it is fluffy.
3. 3
   Add egg yolks one at a time while mixing at medium-high speed; blend well.
4. 4
   Stir in brandy and vanilla.
5. 5
   Mix the flour and salt.
6. 6
   Sift this into the butter-egg mixture, and blend well.
7. 7
   Beat egg whites until stiff.
8. 8
   Fold whites into the batter with a rubber spatula.
9. 9
   Pour this into a buttered 10-inch cake pan, or two smaller ones.
10. 10
    Bake for one hour, or until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
11. 11
    Cool on a rack.