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Old-Fashioned Pound Cake Recipe
1 pound butter
3 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups sifted flour, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
12 eggs, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond flavoring
Heat oven to 325°F.
Beat butter, gradually adding sugar; cream together until light and fluffy.
Combine flour and baking powder; add 3 tablespoons flour mixture to creamed ingredients, and beat well. Add 2 eggs and beat well.
Add remaining flour and remaining eggs alternately until all have been incorporated.
Add flavorings and combine.
Pour batter into 2, greased 10-inch tube cake pans, and bake for 1 hour. Yields 40 servings.
