C Sharp :: Call That Counts Number Of Entries In Database - Cast Error

I have an issue with a database call. I've got a database call that counts the number of entries in the database:

        private static Int32 dbCount() {
            SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Employees", conn);
            conn.Open();
            Int32 count = (Int32)cmd.ExecuteScalar();
            conn.Close();
            return count;
        }  

Afterwards I'm using this as a check throughout my application:

           if (dbCount > 0)  {
                // do something
            }  

When I execute this code I'm getting the following error: "Operator '>' cannot be applied to operands of type 'method group' and 'int'"

So I'm guessing it has something to do with the cast of the dbCount-object but I don't understand why as I already stated that the count-object to be an Int32.