Description
Not sure where this cake recipe came from, my mom passed it to me many years ago. We use it as a great holiday favorite but I usually sneak it in a couple times a year. It’s a great treat to bring to a party or work. The brown sugar and almond extract give it a distinctive taste.
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package light brown sugar
- 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
- 3 eggs
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan.
- Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended.
- Whisk flour
- baking soda
- and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir vanilla extract and almond extract into buttermilk. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the creamed butter mixture
- beating well between additions.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 50 to 60 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 12