pound cake loaf

Ingredients

1 ¼ sticks Butter

1 ¼ cups sugar

2 large eggs

¼ t. butter flavoring

Lemon Zest

1 t. lemon juice

1 t. vanilla flavoring

1 c. all-purpose flour

¼ c. corn starch

3/4 t. baking powder

¼ c. Sprite, 7-UP, Or Sierra Mist (lemon-lime)

¼ c. milk

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

With a blender, cream butter. Add sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Add butter and vanilla flavoring, zest, and juice, and mix well. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add milk and soda, and then mix together until combined. Scrape sides of bowl, then mix briefly.

Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until the cake is firm and tooth pick inserted in the center, comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven, place on cooling rack for 10-15 minutes. Remove from loaf pan. Keep/wrap in saran. Slice, and enjoy!

*For bundt cake, double recipe and round up 1.