Old-Fashioned Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. butter, softened
2 3/4 c. sugar
6 large eggs
3 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until soft and creamy.
Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
Combine flour, salt and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Yields one 10-inch cake.