Cornmeal Pound Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 2/3 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
• additional powdered sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 generously grease and flour an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 loaf pan and set aside.
• 3 place butter and the 2 2/3 cups of powdered sugar in a large bowl.
• 4 beat until creamy.
• 5 beat in vanilla; then add eggs and egg yolk one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 mix the sifted cake flour with the cornmeal, then add to the egg mixture in three portions, beating well after each addition.
• 7 spoon batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
• 8 bake in 325f oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean and cake springs back when lightly touched in center.
• 9 cool cake in pan for 3 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack and sift powdered sugar over warm cake.
• 10 cool completely, and cut into thin slices to serve.