Norwegian Gold Cake

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
5 eggs
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.

3. Place butter and flour in a mixing bowl and mix for 5 minutes on low speed.

4. Add eggs, one at a time, blending each egg on low speed.

5. Sift together the sugar, baking powder and salt.

6. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Add extract to creamed mixture and mix for 2 minutes.

7. Pour into a prepared pan and bake for 1 hour.

8. Invert on cake rack to cool thoroughly.