German Gold Poundcake

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup milk
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 tsp double acting baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 350'F. Grease and flour 10" Bundt pan or 2 9" by 5" loaf pans.
2. In large bowl with mixer at high speed, beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
3. Add flour and rest of the ingredients; at low speed, beat until well mixed, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Beat at high speed 4 mins., occasionally scraping bowl.
4. Pour batter into a pan(or bundt pan) and bake 1 hour or; if using loaf pan, 45 to 50 mins. until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 mins.; remove from pan; cool completely on rack.