Million Dollar Pound Cake

 Blue Ribbon Winner, North Carolina State Fair

 

Ingredients:

3 cups sugar

2 cups butter (4 sticks) softened (I use salted butter)

6 eggs, room temperature

4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup whole milk

1 teaspoon almond extract (I use 1 1/2 teaspoons)

1 teaspoon vanilla (I use 1 1/2 teaspoons)

Directions:

Combine the sugar and the butter, and cream together until light and fluffy. 

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

Alternately add flour and milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. 

Stir in flavorings. 

Pour batter into a well-greased and floured 10-inch tube pan (smooth the top).

Bake at 300 degrees for one hour and forty minutes or until cake test done.