POUND CAKE

Pound Cake image

Provided by Bryan Miller

Categories dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield One 10-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups sweet butter at room temperature, plus butter for greasing cake pan
1 1/2 cups sugar
9 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons brandy
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
With an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until it is fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time while mixing at medium-high speed; blend well. Stir in brandy and vanilla.
Mix the flour and salt. Sift this into the butter-egg mixture, and blend well.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold whites into the batter with a rubber spatula. Pour this into a buttered 10-inch cake pan, or two smaller ones.
Bake for one hour, or until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool on a rack.