Southern Pound Cake

1 pound butter, at room temperature
1 pound confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups cake flour, sifted 3 times and re-measured
6 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Oil well and flour a tube pan or nonstick tube pan.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Add the salt, flour, eggs and vanilla extract. Make sure the cake batter is blended together until fluffy. Pour into a well-oiled and floured tube pan or a nonstick tube pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on a rack to finish cooling.