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Poundcake

3 sticks butter or margarine
3 cups sugar, sifted 3 times
8 eggs
3 cups plain flour, sifted 3 times
Dash of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour tube cake pan. Using
a mixer, cream the butter. Add sifted sugar and cream together. Add
1 egg at a time, beating well after each egg until all 8 eggs have
been added. Add flour, salt and vanilla and beat for 5 minutes.
Pour into pan and bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let cake
cool for at least 10 minutes before turning it onto a cake plate.

Variations: Substitute your favorite flavoring for the vanilla. Add
2 cups chopped nuts. Dust nuts with 1 teaspoon flour so nuts won't
sink to the bottom. Stir them into batter gently with a spoon before
pouring batter into cake pan.

Printable version: pound31.txt.