Great Pound Cake

• 3 sticks butter
• 1 pkg. cream cheese
• 2 c. sugar
• 3 c. sifted cake flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3 eggs, unseparated
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla flavoring (lemon?, etc.)

1. In large bowl, put softened butter and cream cheese; blend together until creamy.
2. Add eggs, one at a time; add sugar to this.
3. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; slowly add these dry ingredients to the bowl.
4. Mix together well.
5. Add flavoring last.
6. Pour batter (very stiff) into 1 greased and floured tube pan or two loaf pans.
7. With knife, cut through cake batter in a circle.
8. Do not touch bottom of pan.
9. Place in center of rack and bake 1/2 hour at 350u0b0.
10. Turn oven down to 325u0b0 and bake 1/2 hour more.
11. Cool and remove from pan.
12. Serve plain or add your favoring topping (optional).

butter, cream cheese, sugar, cake flour, salt, baking powder, eggs, vanilla flavoring

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=641614 (may not work)