Step 1 Gather your ingredients. Pound cake is one of the simplest cakes to bake.
Step 2 Preheat the oven to 325 °F (163 °C) and grease and flour a cake pan.
Step 3 Cream the butter and sugar.
Step 4 Add the eggs and vanilla.
Step 5 Stir in the cake flour.
Step 6 Pour the batter into the pan.
Step 7 Bake the cake for 1 hour 15 minutes.