#1037 - Cold Oven Pound Cake

(by Aunt Isabelle "Snooky" [McNevich] Worhach)

2 sticks butter (softened)
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups sifted flour (measure before sifting)
1 tsp. vanilla
Domino's powdered sugar (optional)

In a mixer add butter and white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add salt, baking powder and milk--beat. Add flour and vanilla--beat. Once mixed beat on medium speed for 20 minutes, stopping only to scrape sides and bottom of mixer bowl occasionally. Pour batter into a greased bundt cake or tube cake pan. Place in COLD oven (DO NOT PREHEAT), then turn heat on to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour. Cool completely, then dump it upside down on to a serving plate. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you wish, or you can glaze it.