Bourbon Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 8 large eggs
• 1/3 cup milk (whole milk for best results)
• 1/3 cup bourbon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in the eggs one at a time.
• 4 fold in half the flour, then fold in the milk, then the remaining flour, followed by the bourbon and vanilla.
• 5 pour the batter into two lightly greased and floured 9-inch loaf pans and run the blade of a knife through the batter in an x pattern from corner to corner of the pans to eliminate air bubbles.
• 6 place the pans in the center of a cool oven, leaving a space between them.
• 7 turn the oven to 325f and bake for about 1 hour, until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 8 turn off the oven and let the cakes cool in the oven for 10 minutes.
• 9 open the oven door and cool for 30 minutes.
• 10 turn the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.