Buttermilk Pound Cake

A lovely buttermilk pound cake recipe I found in Southern Living.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 1 10inch cake

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 2  cups sugar
• 4  large eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup buttermilk
•  buttermilk, glaze

Directions

1. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.
2. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
4. Stir in flavorings.
5. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
6. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
7. Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan.
8. Bake at 325° for one hour and five minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
9. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10-15 minutes; removes from pan, and cool on wire rack.
10. Pour buttermilk glaze over warm cake.