Grandmother's Pound Cake

Name: Grandmother's Pound Cake
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup butter (no substitutes); 1 2/3 cups sugar; 5 eggs; 2 cups pastry flour or 2 cups cake flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt

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"The recipe is from Fannie Farmer Cookbook (1972 edition). It is a buttery dense cake. I have been making it for years. My family loves this cake. My daughter is especially fond of the ends. I have made it to serve plain or as an ice cream cake topped with a frozen fruit mixture. You must use an electric mixer to get the batter light and fluffy...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup butter (no substitutes)

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1 2/3 cups sugar

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5 eggs

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2 cups pastry flour or 2 cups cake flour

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1/4 teaspoon salt

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