Grandmother's Pound Cake

[on cut out piece of Crystal Foods, inc. styrofoam grade HH large egg carton]

1 cup butter
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon flavoring (vanilla, almond, rum, etc.)

Work butter until creamy; beat in sugar and eggs, one at a time.
When creamy fold in flour with spoon. Spread in buttered and floured loaf pan.
Bake 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees