Great Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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.)

Preparation

In large bowl, put softened butter and cream cheese; blend together until creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time; add sugar to this.
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; slowly add these dry ingredients to the bowl.
Mix together well.
Add flavoring last.
Pour batter (very stiff) into 1 greased and floured tube pan or two loaf pans.
With knife, cut through cake batter in a circle.
Do not touch bottom of pan.
Place in center of rack and bake 1/2 hour at 350\u00b0.
Turn oven down to 325\u00b0 and bake 1/2 hour more.
Cool and remove from pan.
Serve plain or add your favoring topping (optional).