Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 c. butter
2 1/2 c. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. mace
8 eggs
1/2 c. milk
Orange Butter Glaze
flaked coconut

Preparation

Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
Cream butter 10 minutes or until very soft and fluffy.
Add sugar, two tablespoons at a time, creaming thoroughly after each addition.
Blend in vanilla and mace.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add flour alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour and beating after each addition until smooth. Bake in a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan at 325\u00b0 about 1 1/2 hours or until cake tester inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove and finish cooling on rack.
Glaze top and drizzle down sides of cake with Orange Butter Glaze. Sprinkle with flaked coconut.