Buttermilk Pound Cake

Buttermilk Pound Cake 

 "Tangy, moist, and flavorful pound cake. Can be eaten plain or use as a base for numerous dessert ideas."

 Ingredients 
 Original recipe makes 1 9- or 10-inch tube pan

•  3 cups all-purpose flour 
•  1/4 teaspoon baking soda 
•  1/2 teaspoon salt 
•  1 cup butter 
•  3 cups white sugar 
•  6 eggs 
•  1 teaspoon lemon extract
•  1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
•  1 cup buttermilk 

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar. Mix in the eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the lemon and the vanilla extracts. Gently mix in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Pour batter into the prepared pan. 
3. Bake in preheated oven for 90 minutes. Do not OPENoven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan it is done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.