Pound Cake Recipe Analysis

Gather your ingredients. Pound cake is one of the simplest cakes to bake. Here's what you'll need:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 eggs
2 cups cake flour

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Grease a cake pan. Pound cakes are best baked in deep pans, such as loaf pans or bundt pans.

Cream the butter and sugar. Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat them together until the mixture is light, fluffy and creamy.

Add the eggs and vanilla. Keep beating the mixture until the eggs are completely incorporated

Stir in the cake flour. Keep the hand mixer on low or use a wooden spoon to stir the flour in a bit at a time until it's just incorporated. Be careful not to overmix it.

Pour