Homemade Vanilla Pound Cake

This Homemade Vanilla Pound Cake is a must make!!  This simple vanilla pound cake comes together quickly and easily and only calls for 6 ingredients. Delicious alone or topped with fresh berries.

I'm finally getting around to posting the recipe for the wonderful Homemade Pound Cake I made last week. I added a few teaser photos on face book and then I got really busy, so I apologize for just now getting around to posting it.

The first thing I want to say about this pound cake is......... thank goodness it's GONE and out of my house! Talk about temptation, every time I went past that cake I was slicing off a piece.  This is so not good for my back side. I guess if I just learned a little will power I wouldn't have a problem, but it was just to darn good.

This pound cake by far is the best one I have tasted. Plus it was my first pound cake made from scratch, can you believe that one. I so thought I had passed this hurdle. The making of this pound cake was not planned. It all came to be because I had a quart of whipping cream in my fridge with a very fast approaching expiring date. 

Hmm what do with all that cream. Well I used some of it to make my favorite Chicken Tetrazzini recipe, but that still left me with some whipping cream. Mama always taught me don't waste food so I had to do something with it.

Well I have been wanting to make this pound cake recipe for while now. I saw it at The Hungry Housewife. This recipe is from Leslie's mom, and we all know how recipes from our mothers turn out. Excellent of course.! So I knew this pound cake was going to be great.

I want to get off topic a bit and give my girl Leslie a shout out!!!! As a fellow blogger and foodie I just want to say Leslie you rocked on the Home Shopping Network yesterday.
Ya did good girl and your dorkiness we all love didn't even show.

Heck even if you would of forgot to take out those paper towels from you armpits I bet we would of never noticed. You crack me up and looked so professional. I was beginning to wonder if that lady was gonna let you talk. Goodness someone that talks faster than me. I kept thinking hey let Leslie talk grrrrrr. Don't worry it will get easier the more you do it.

I'm happy to say that the Bundt pan I baked this beautiful pound cake in was my 10 year old trusty Nordic Ware Bundt Pan. Do me a favor and tell your mom thank you for this awesome pound cake recipe.

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Beat butter until creamy, gradually add sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well.

Add flour and the whipping cream alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Add the vanilla extract last.

Pour into a greased and floured Bundt pan or angel food cake pan.

drop the pan up an down on the counter to remove any air bubbles and then bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Let cool in pan about 5 minutes then remove and cool completely on a cooling rack. Now don't ya go adding any glaze or anything on this pounds cake. Believe me it is plenty sweet all by itself. This pound cake would be perfect paired with some strawberries. I cant wait till summer.

 
I've also made a Lightened Up Lemon Pound Cake using this recipe and a Coconut Pound Cake. Both with great results. 
Adapted from: The Hungry Housewife - Original Recipe Source: Swan Down Cake Flour