Ultimate Vanilla Pound Cake

Name: Ultimate Vanilla Pound Cake
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks (1/2 lb.) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 5 large eggs, at room temperature

6 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1/2 lb.) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 large eggs, at room temperature

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and sides of a 9-inch loaf pan. Line bottom and long sides of pan with parchment, leaving about an inch of overhang on both sides. Grease and flour paper and pan, tapping out excess.
2

Sift flour and salt together into a small bowl. Set aside. Put butter, vanilla and sugar in bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until light and pale, 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well and then scraping bowl between each.
3

With mixer on low, add flour to mixture gradually until it is fully incorporated; do not overmix. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
4

Cool cake on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife along unlined sides of pan and use parchment to carefully lift cake onto wire rack to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream and berries, if desired.