Cathy's Pound Cake
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 12 ounces butter
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plain)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring
- 1 cup walnut pieces
Recipe
- 1 butter a tube pan. preheat oven to 300' f (150'c).
- 2 cream together butter and sugar - i use an electric mixer.
- 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- 4 with wooden spoon, add flour and salt (retain 2 tablespoons flour to flour the walnuts so they don't sink to the bottom of the cake when baking).
- 5 dissolve baking soda in 1 tablespoon hot water, and add to buttermilk. mix well.
- 6 pour this mixture into the batter and stir.
- 7 add vanilla and lemon flavoring.
- 8 toss walnut pieces with reserved flour and add this mixture to the batter; mix well.
- 9 spread batter into prepared pan (will be stiff). smooth top and bake for 1 1/2 hours. don't open oven for first 45 minutes. cake is done when top is rich golden brown and knife inserted comes out clean.
- 10 let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then on a rack.
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