Norwegian Gold Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
5 eggs
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/3 cups flour, sifted
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Place soft butter and flour in bowl. Mix 5 minutes on low speed. Add eggs one at a time, and blend. Sift together the sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add gradually to creamed mixture. Add extract. Mix 2 minutes after all the sugar mixture has been added.
Turn into ungrased and floured tube cake pan. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees. When baked, let stand 5-10 minutes then invert to cool. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.