This is a really rich pound cake recipe that is delicious plain, with ice cream or a fruit topping such as peaches.
Ingredients
- butter: 1 cup
- eggs: 6 piece
- white sugar: 3 cups
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- pint heavy whipping cream: 1 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 Tbsp
- lemon extract: 2 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
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With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix well.
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Add flour, 1 cup at a time, while adding cream, a little at a time, until well mixed.
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Add vanilla and lemon flavoring; blend well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean; turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
