Butter Cake Loaf

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.


*I made this for the first ime (2/272012)- having problems with the middle not baking- Kaye warned me about that.  I'll have to look up tricks for pound cake and report back

1 cup sugar

1/2 c soft butter or margarine, cut into 10 pieces

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 t vanilla

1/2 t salt

1 1/2 cups flour

Cream butter, gradually add sugar, creaming till light. Add vanilla, then eggs, one at a time beating each time.  Sift dry ingredients; 
Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Pour batter into prepared pan.


(All mom had written was, "Cream, etc." so I took the directions from a recipe on-line.)

Bake 50-60 minutes

Variations:

*Cherry: Omit Vanilla, add drained 1/3 cup marachino cherries and 1/2 t almond extract

*Ambrosia: Omit vanilla and substitute 1/2 tsp lemon extract.  Add 1/2 cup coconut to sugar and butter


Lemon Oil is edible and is sold in cooking stores and specialty grocery stores.
1/8 tsp lemon oil = 1 tsp lemon extract = 1 tsp lemon zest

*Swedish Nut Cake:  Omit vanilla-  add 1/2 tsp almond, 2/3 c. nuts

             Saute pecan nuts in butter, then use the the butter with powdered sugar for frosting