I made a pound cake last week that called for 4 sticks of butter. The batter tasted fantastic, but once baked the flavor had dulled and while it wasn't crumbly to cut (seems perfect in cutting texture) it had a dry mouth feel. Would a recipe with part butter and part shortening be better (Paula Deen's pound cake is part butter part shortening).
What exactly was ypur recipe and how exactly did you prepare it? I will need more information first. What were the other ingredients, etc.
I used the following recipe found here on CC. There were several posts in the comments section about how perfect and delicious this cake was so I tried it but just did not get the results I wanted or expected. 
Tasty and Moist Butter Vanilla Pound Cake
Ingredients
4 sticks of butter, softened
2C sugar
6 lg eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
3C flour, sifted
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 C whole milk or sour cream thinned with milk (your preference)
Instructions
Ceam butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Add vanilla and blend. Add combined dry ingredients, alternating with the milk; beginning and ending with the dry. Beat for 2 min longer. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 1 hr to 1 hr 15 min depending on the pan. Layers bake in less time.
Beating cake batter for 2 minutes after the flour has been added will activate the gluten in the flour and create a tough cake thst will have a dry taste to it. I usually put the mixer on stir, add the dry and liquid like it says in the recipe. After i have added the last amiunt of fkour, i turn it to 2 or 3 for 10 seconds. I count this out and do not go over ten seconds. I then scrape the bowl and bottom incorporating by folding any batter does at not look mixed together.
So try not doing the 2 minute paet at the end and see if that helps.
My mother's recipe adds a T. of Butter flavoring, as well. It REALLY makes a difference in taste. It's also a southern recipe with no leavening. I posted it in the recipes under Lemon Pound Cake. You can leave out the lemon flavoring for just vanilla/butter cake. It always tastes better at room temperature, 2 days old. HTH 
Scarlets-cakes, my grandmother's recipe has butter flavoring too! I am not into flavorings, but it doesn't taste right without it. It sounds like the same cake. I'll look it up later and let you know. I stood by my grandmother and wrote down exactly how she made it and then studied other methods from southern cooks to get the method down.
Thanks for the replies. I have made "5 flavor pound cake" in the past and it has always turned out moist and delicious. The butter cake wasn't bad (my husband and father in law both loved it)... I was just disappointed because based on the batter taste I had high expectations 
I think I will try Paula Deen's recipe and compare the results.
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