Cream Cheese Pound Cake

From Southern Living November 2001

Ingredients:
* 1-1/2 cups butter, softened at room temp
* 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened at room temp.
* 3 cups sugar
* 6 large eggs
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/8 tsp salt
* 1 Tbspn vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Do not overbeat.

2. Gradually add sugar, beating well.

3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined.

4. Sift 3 cups flour, and combine with salt. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

5. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan. Smooth out the top and bake at 300 for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in a pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes before turning over onto the wire rack to cool completely.