Thank you so very much for this. I had not baked very much except brownies for over 30 years, but decided to do a pound cake (1 lb. of butter, 6 eggs, not cheap!). I never had this sad streak in a cake before and I thought it was the recipe. I had read that since a real poundcake (unlike the recipe I used to make that did have baking powder) has no baking powder it's important to really beat the butter, sugar, and eggs; I guess I overdid it. So my beautiful cake with the sad streak made me very sad, indeed! Perhaps, I will now buck up and try this recipe again. Thanks for the info. I always love learning something. Who knew?

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