Black Pepper Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in pepper and extract.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating very well after each addition.
• 4 add flour alternately with cream, mix well.
• 5 pour into a greased and floured 10" fluted tube ban.
• 6 bake at 325 for 70-75 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and placing on a wire rack to cool completely.
• 8 dust with confectioners sugar.