Pound Cake

1/2 pound butter
1-2/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp vanilla, or
1/2 tsp. mace

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and lightly four a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Cream butter, slowly add sugar, and beat until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating each in well. Stir in flour, salt, and vanilla or mace and combine well. Spoon into pan and bake for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. Serve very thin slices. Note: This recipe doubles for a tube pan very well.


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