Awesome Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• 6 large eggs
• 1 lb butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 take your standard tube cake pan and oil it with butter. then lightly flour the oiled pan. shake the excess flour from the pan and put to the side.
• 3 sift the flour, baking soda,and baking powder into a large mixing bowl.
• 4 stir in salt and the sugar.
• 5 add the butter. melt the butter in a pan over slow heat to make it blend easier. (you can do this or just let the butter soften at room temperature.).
• 6 add the eggs. at this point i break out my mixer and begin mixing on slow.
• 7 slowly add buttermilk, and then the vanilla extract. after it is thoroughly stirred, i turn the mixer up to medium for a few minutes, and then finally on high. if the mixture is a little thick i add just a touch more buttermilk.
• 8 pour the mix in, and bake the cake for about 1 hour and twenty minutes.
• 9 allow the cake to cool 15 or 20 minutes in the pan before removing.