Butter Pound Cake
Medium French Dessert

Butter Pound Cake

Total Time
50 min
11m prep · 39m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This is a really rich pound cake recipe that is delicious plain, with ice cream or a fruit topping such as peaches.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

  2. 2

    With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix well.

  3. 3

    Add flour, 1 cup at a time, while adding cream, a little at a time, until well mixed.

  4. 4

    Add vanilla and lemon flavoring; blend well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

  5. 5

    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.

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