Dwight’s Pound Cake

• 1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 pint whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon flavor
• Optional: 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon zest, finely ground

Directions:

1. Combine butter and sugar; mix well.
2. Add 1 egg and beat. Repeat with remaining eggs.
3. Slowly add flour while mixing.
4. Add remaining ingredients; beat well.
5. Put in cold oven (do not preheat) at 300 F.
6. Bake 2 hours.

(Granny’s Notes: My uncle, Dwight Black, my mother’s brother.)