Pound Cake Peachy Style

2 cups sugar
4 eggs 
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups peeled and chopped peaches


Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter a 10" tube pan and coat with sugar.  In a large bowl, cream together and butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition; stir in vanilla.  Sift together 2 3/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt.  Gradually stir into the creamed mixture.  Coat the chopped peaches with 1'/4 cup flour; fold peaches into the batter. Spread evenly into prepared pan.  Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.  Allow cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.