Buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter flavor shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a tube cake pan. the one i use has a removable bottom and a very large center hole.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together.
• 4 cream shortening and sugar. add eggs one at a time. mix until just incorporated.
• 5 mix in dry ingredients until just incorporated.
• 6 stir lemon juice and lemon extract into the buttermilk. mix into cake batter just until incorporated.
• 7 pour cake batter into the prepared tube cake pan, place pan on a half sheet covered with aluminum foil and bake for one hour.
• 8 while cake is cooking, mix together glaze ingredients.
• 9 when one hour is up, slowly pour glaze over cake and return cake to the oven for three more minutes.
• 10 remove cake from oven and let sit for eight minutes. then remove from pan.
• 11 serve at room temperature. it's best prepared several hours or even a day ahead.