Grandma Ruby's Buttermilk Pound Cake

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 75 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

Grandma Ruby's recipe for buttermilk pound cake gets a bright citrus kick from lemon extract. It's a super rich and moist pound cake you will love.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups white sugar
1 cup shortening
6 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter-flavored extract

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt).
2 Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together into a bowl; repeat sifting twice more.
3 Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Add flour mixture, eggs, buttermilk, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and butter extract; beat until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 75 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Tap the pan firmly a few times, then shake it gently to loosen the cake. Place a wire rack over the pan and invert to release cake onto the rack to cool completely.