George Washington Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 cups cake flour, unsifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 thoroughly grease and flour a 12-cup bundt or tube pan, then shake out excess flour. heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about three minutes in a stand mixer or more with a handheld mixer. scrape down sides of the bowl once or twice. add eggs one at a time, beating well about 30 seconds after each egg. in between additions of egg, scrape down sides of bowl to ensure thorough mixing of ingredients.
• 3 fold in cake flour. add vanilla and salt. pour mixture into prepared pan and bake 35 to 40 minutes, or just until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 4 cool the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes. run a table knife around the edges to loosen them as needed. then turn the cake out on a rack to cool completely.