Buttermilk Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• buttermilk, glaze

Recipe

• 1 beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.
• 2 gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• 3 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• 4 stir in flavorings.
• 5 combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 6 beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• 7 pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan.
• 8 bake at 325° for one hour and five minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan on a wire rack 10-15 minutes; removes from pan, and cool on wire rack.
• 10 pour buttermilk glaze over warm cake.