Pound Cake

• ·         INGREDIENTS
  3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature.
  2 cups all-purpose flour
  3/4 cup sugar
  4 large eggs
  
  
  DIRECTIONS
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
  
  
  Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined.
  
  
  Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.
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  Ever wonder why it’s called pound cake?
  Here’s what I found on web.
  True Pound Cake is a recipe that dates back to the 1700s. It gets the name of pound cake, because of how it's made. Originally, the recipe called for one pound each of flour, sugar, butter, and eggs.
• And son says then it should be called 4 pounds cake. Ha!