Vanilla Buttermilk Pound Cakes

Submitted by Cheri 911

"From Cooking Light. I haven't made this yet, but a friend raved about them."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 2 Loaves
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 13 1⁄2 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3 cups)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1⁄3 cups low-fat buttermilk
• cooking spray

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients (through salt); stir with a whisk. Place sugar, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture and buttermilk to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
3. Spoon batter into 2 (8" x 4") loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50 - 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pans. Cool completely on a wire rack.