Elvis Presley's-Favorite Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring) plus additional for dusting
• 3 cups sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for buttering pan
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 7 large eggs, at room temperature 30 minutes

Special equipment: a 10-inch tube pan (4 1/2 inches deep; not with a removable bottom) or a 10-inch bundt pan (3 1/4 inches deep; 3-qt capacity)

3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring) plus additional for dusting

3 cups sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for buttering pan

1 cup heavy cream

2 teaspoons vanilla

7 large eggs, at room temperature 30 minutes

Special equipment: a 10-inch tube pan (4 1/2 inches deep; not with a removable bottom) or a 10-inch bundt pan (3 1/4 inches deep; 3-qt capacity)