Kentucky Blue Ribbon All-Butter Pound Cake
Description
The recipe for this all-butter pound cake has been passed down for generations and was awarded a blue ribbon at the Kentucky State Fair.
Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3 cups white sugar
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1 1/2 cups butter, softened
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5 eggs
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1 cup milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a tube pan with some butter and dust lightly with flour.
2
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
3
Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk. Mix in vanilla extract. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.