Buttermilk Pound Cake

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

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter (room temp) or 1 1/2 cups margarine (room temp)
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 whole eggs (room temp)
• 1 cup buttermilk (room temp)
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon hot water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 beat butter or margarine and add sugar in portions as you continue to beat. beat until fluffy.
• 3 add each egg, one at a time, beating well after each.
• 4 add vanilla to buttermilk.
• 5 begin adding flour and buttermilk alternately, beginning with flour and ending with flour.
• 6 last, dissolve soda in hot water and mix well into cake batter.
• 7 pour batter into a large tube pan that has been well-greased (shortening) and floured. the cake will stick if this step is missed.
• 8 bake about 1 hour. my mother and mother-in-law said a test for doneness besides the golden brown color is that the cake begins to pull away from the sides slightly.
• 9 as a precaution, i usually run a table knife around the outer and inner edge before turning the cake out on the rack.