Buttermilk Pound Cake

[WalknTrot]

Buttermilk Pound Cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk

Cream together butter and sugar thoroughly. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer 2 1/2 minutes. Add flavorings.

Sift together dry ingredients, and add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat 3 1/2 minutes at medium speed. Do not overbeat or cake will fall.

Place in 10x5x3 inch large loaf pan (may overflow smaller pan). Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until done.

My note: Follow the directions about adding the eggs one at a time, and alternating the addition of buttermilk and flour mixture. You should end up with a thick, fluffy batter. As for mixing times...I use the numbers given as maximums....try not to mix more than needed to get a nice smooth batter. This cake is really good...freezes beautifully and makes a great shortcake for berries. I usually double the recipe. It will then fill three smaller loaf pans.

 

[ShepInTheValley]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[MissTina]

I can feel my butt getting bigger already! My problem is that I'll make this, no one else will eat it and I'll eat the whole thing, have indigestion and remorse....but thanks for posting it looks really yummy. Might make it for the fourth!

 

[Beetree]

Thanks for sharing!

Isnt it funny that all you hear about on the tv commercials is indigestion now and on the radio too! It is almost like some kind of conspiracy against pound cake! I will not I will not take the pharms! I am sticking to pound cake! BURP!

 

[sssarawolf]

Yum

Sounds soo good.

 

[MissTina]

Bought my buttermilk last night.... I wonder if you eat the cake then drink the buttermilk if that'll help with the indigestion....it's worth a try! I'll report back tomorrow!

 

[MissTina]

The cake was fabulous...I had to get up around 2:30 to take a tums!

 

[Walrus Whisperer]

I'll need a couple tums in an hour or so. I just had a slice and it was wonderful! I didnt have the size bread pans you had in the recipe so I put it into two of my smaller ones and they came out a perfect size......
The people at work will wolf down the extra one in about 30 minutes, heck, 15 minutes!

 

[breezyhill]

i don't always have buttermilk on hand, but do have sour milk on occasion. (from raw goat and cow milk) does anyone know if you can interchange buttermilk with sour milk with good results? i know the addition of baking soda is for recipes calling for buttermilk, so wouldn't it help with the rising for sour milk?
breezyhill