BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Cakes, Cupcakes, & Frosting

Ingredients

1 Cup Vegetable Shortening
3 Cups Sugar
1-1/2 Tsp. Vanilla or Lemon Extract
6 Eggs
3 Cups Flour
¼ Tsp. Baking Soda
½ Tsp Salt
1 Cup Buttermilk

Instructions

  1. Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
  2. Add vanilla or lemon extract.
  3. Beat eggs into mixture one egg at a time. 
  4. Sift together dry ingredients.
  5. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternatively with buttermilk. 
  6. Place mixture in a greased bundt pan. 
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

RECIPE OF MY NANA, MARGUERITE, MARCH 1984

PHOTO: COURTESY OF MY SISTER MELISSA AND GREAT-NEPHEW CULLEN