Elvis Presley Pound Cake
This recipe comes from a lady who was a dear friend of Elvis. She made this cake for him every Christmas and on special occasions.
INGREDIENTS
1 Ten inch tube or Bundt cake
3 cups sugar
1⁄2 lb butter, softened
7 eggs, room temperature
3 cups cake flour, sifted twice
1 cup whipping cream (heavy cream)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Butter and flour a 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
Thoroughly cream together sugar and butter.
Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Mix in half the flour, then the whipping cream, then the other half of the flour.
Add Vanilla.
Pour into prepared pan.
Set in cold oven and turn heat to 350ºF.
Bake 1 hour to 70 minutes, until a sharp knife inserted in cake turns out clean.
Cool in pan 5 minutes.
Remove from pan and cool thoroughly.
SERVINGS
8-12
