Title: Basic Old Fashioned Pound Cake
Categories: Cake Snack
Yield: 18 Servings
| 1 | c | Margarine, room temperature |
| 1 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 5 | | Eggs, room temperature |
| 1 1/2 | ts | Vanilla |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 2 | c | Cake flour or 1 3/4 c all - |
| | | Purpose flour |
Heat oven to 325 deg f. Lightly grease a 9 x 5 x 3 bread pan. Beat
margarine until a bowl until smooth, about 30 seconds. With mixer on low
speed, gradually add sugar. Increase speed to high and beat until light and
fluffy. With mixer on still on high, add eggs, one at a time, beating well
after each addition. Add vanilla and salt and beat until very pale in color
and increased in volume. With a rubber spatula mix in flour, about a third
of a cup at a time until smooth. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake
for 1 hour 1nd 15 minutes or until pick inserted in middle comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on
wire rack. Per serving: 223 calories, 3 g protein, 26 g carbs, 12 g fat, 87
mg chol,
80 mg sodium.