Start by beating your butter in an electric mixer for 5-7 minutes on medium speed. Mix until butter is a light yellow color.

Slowly add sugar and continue to beat at medium speed until well blended, and your butter has become light and fluffy.

One at a time add eggs into butter and sugar and beat.

Slowly add 2 cups of flour to butter mixture then slowly add milk and then the rest of the flour (2 more cups)

Add vanilla extract

Pour your batter into a greased bunt pan

Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 300 degrees F.

Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes then allow to cool completely on a wire rack.