Grandma Nelles Pound Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven 325 degrees.
• Sift flour, measure, add salt and sift again.
• Cream butter under mixer and slowly add sugar.
• Continue beating till super light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each egg added.
• Add vanilla extract or brandy.
• Add flour about 1/4 cup at a time (put mixer on medium or low speed) and add flour slowly till well incorporated.
• Pour batter into greased pan of your choice.
• Place pan with batter in preheated oven on middle rack in oven.
• Let bake for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours in oven.
• Let cool on counter, once cooled sprinkle with confectioner's sugar if you wish.
• Seal in air-tight container or freeze to serve at a different time.
• Alterations:
• **Orange pound cake, add 1-1/2 teaspoon pure orange extract and 1 tablespoon orange zest after adding eggs.
• **Coconut Almond Pound Cake: add an additional 1 teaspoon pure almond extract after eggs, then add slowly 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut that you have mixed up with the flour before adding it to the wet mixture.