Buttermilk Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream, well chilled
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325; grease and flour 10" tube or bundt pan.
• 2 sift together flour, soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• 3 cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each; add flour mixture alternately with combined buttermilk and vanilla- beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• 5 pour into prepared pan and bake 1 1/2 hours or until tests done- toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake pulls away from sides of pan.
• 6 remove cake from oven and let cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling completely on a wire rack.
• 7 combine strawberries and sugar; let stand 30 minutes and serve cake with strawberries and sweetened whipped cream, if desired.