*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

                                Pound Cake

Recipe By     : Anita Emmons, Shattuck, OK
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3      Sticks        Real Butter (Can Use Margarine)
   1 1/2  Cups          Sugar
   8      Large         Eggs
   1 1/2  Teaspoons     Cream of Tartar
   3      Cups          All-Purpose Flour -- Sifted
   1      Tablespoon    Vanilla

Set oven at 300 degrees.  Grease and flour tube pan.  

Beat butter or margarine and sugar together in large bowl.  In another 
bowl, beat together eggs and cream of tartar.  Add alternately flour and 
the egg mixture to the creamed mixture.  Beat for 10 minutes and then
add 
vanilla.  Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes.  


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NOTES : Secret of this being such a good cake is using real butter and the
       beating time.
       
       Published (corrected copy) in March '97 Tastes of Oklahoma column 
       which is written by Flo Burtnett.  Vol. LXXVIII, No 3, Farm News &
       Views, Oklahoma Farmers Union.