Never-Fail Pound Cake - Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• vanilla ice cream
• berries, for garnish

Directions

1. 1

   Special equipment: a 10-inch bundt pan, greased and floured

2. 2

   In a large bowl, using a mixer, combine the butter and sugar until creamy.

3. 3

   Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

4. 4

   Add the flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour.

5. 5

   Stir in the lemon extract.

6. 6

   Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.

7. 7

   Place pan in a cold oven and heat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake cake for 1 hour. Increase the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes more.

8. 8

   *Cook's Note: Do not open the oven door while baking.

9. 9

   Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.