This is Jim’s mom’s recipe – much closer to the traditional “one pound eggs, one pound sugar, one pound flour” recipe that gave this cake its name.

• 4 sticks butter
• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla and stir. Gradually add flour, and pour into buttered tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

from Jim DeFrancisco