Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C or 350 F.
In a large bowl, cream together the room temperature butter, sugar and salt until light in color.
Add in one egg at a time and stir in between to make sure all the ingredients are well combined.
Add the vanilla extract and keep stirring with a whisk. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
Add flour mixture and milk alternately.
Stop your mixer and scrape down the bowl.
If you are mixing in add-ins gently fold in the ingredients by hand until completely combined. Don’t over-mix the batter.
Using parchment paper, line the loaf pan before adding the batter. If you don’t have parchment paper at home, you can use aluminum foil or grease the pan with butter, then sprinkle a little flour on top, covering all the butter. These methods will help unmold the cake easily.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and use a spatula or the back of a spoon to make sure all the batter is well distributed.Bake for 60 minutes. To make sure the cake is ready, insert a toothpick in the middle of the cake and it should come out clean.
When ready, take it out of the oven and let it cool down before removing the pound cake from the pan.You can serve this cake as it is or decorate it using some sifted powdered sugar.Enjoy!