Two-Step Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter softened
• 6 large eggs 
• 4 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 cup milk 
• 3 cups sugar 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• stand mixer

Directions

1. Layer Ingredients and
2. Mix. Preheat oven to 32
3. Place flour, sugar, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla (in that order) in 4-qt. bowl of a heavy-duty electric stand mixer. Beat at low speed 1 minute, stopping to scrape down sides. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes.
4. Pour and
5. Bake.
6. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan, and smooth.
7. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
8. Remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).