Grandma Ruby’s Buttermilk Pound Cake

Description

This lemon butter pound cake is super-moist and dense. It’s not for those watching calories! It’s a great comfort food and goes especially well with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon butter-flavored extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  2. Sift flour
  3. salt
  4. and baking soda together into a bowl. Repeat sifting process 2 more times.
  5. Beat sugar and shortening together until smooth and creamy. Add flour mixture
  6. buttermilk
  7. eggs
  8. lemon extract
  9. vanilla extract
  10. and butter extract; beat until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean
  12. about 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 16

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