Pound Cake

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 c. butter
  • 2 1/2 c. sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. mace
  • 8 eggs
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • Orange Butter Glaze
  • flaked coconut

Directions

  1. 1
    Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
  2. 2
    Cream butter 10 minutes or until very soft and fluffy.
  3. 3
    Add sugar, two tablespoons at a time, creaming thoroughly after each addition.
  4. 4
    Blend in vanilla and mace.
  5. 5
    Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  6. 6
    Add flour alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour and beating after each addition until smooth. Bake in a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan at 325° about 1 1/2 hours or until cake tester inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove and finish cooling on rack.
  7. 7
    Glaze top and drizzle down sides of cake with Orange Butter Glaze. Sprinkle with flaked coconut.

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