Plain Pound Cake

Mimi has done it again!  She has given up her pound cake recipe to the benefit of all the family who have tasted this wonderful treat at past family gatherings.  Nothing and I mean nothing beats the taste of Mimi's pound cake fresh and still warm from the oven.  It is a slice of heaven on earth.

Plain Pound Cake
3 cups           sugar
3 sticks          butter (salted)
5 each            eggs (large)
3 cups            flour plain
1 cup              milk
½ tsp              salt
1 tsp               lemon extract
1 tsp               vanilla extract


*Oil and flour a large Bundt cake pan (remove the excess flour)
*Blend sugar and butter (softened) together with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl
*Add eggs one at a time to the blended sugar and butter while continuing to mix the first two ingredients
*Add flour and milk slowly alternating each until integrated with the other ingredients to form a batter
*Add salt, lemon extract and vanilla extract to batter and mix thoroughly
*Pour batter into the Bundt cake pan
*Place the Bundt cake pan into a cold oven on the middle shelf
*Turn the oven on and set the temperature a 325*F
*Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done


Comments from Mimi:
  "Always start with a cold oven and do not open the oven door for at least an hour as you risk the cake falling."


Comments from Chase Goode:
  "This is a Win-Win dessert.  If it comes out perfect from the oven, I am a happy camper.  And if the cake falls while in the oven, I am still a happy camper.  The fallen cake is a little more dense in its texture, but it is still great."