Granny's Buttermilk Pound Cake

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The Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe goes way back to the 50s when my Mother started making it. The star of the pound cake is the buttermilk.

The Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe goes way back to the 50s when my Mother started making it. The star of the pound cake is the buttermilk.


One of my favorite and dearest recipes my Mother passed down to me is this delicious Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake

What is so special about pound cake is that serving it in many different ways is great. My husband likes his fresh out of the oven slathered with butter. My favorite is to put a big dollop of whip cream and sliced strawberries on it.

The Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe goes way back to the 50s when my Mother started making it. The star of the pound cake is the buttermilk.

Mother, on occasion, would serve it with a wonderful lemon sauce and chocolate sauce. Sometimes, I talk myself into believing that this cake is low in calories and healthy when you eat it plain. Well, it doesn't have any icing? Or "grins"!


Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 stick butter or margarine
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lemon extract (or vanilla extract)
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Ingredients: Lemon Syrup

  • 2 lemons, grated and juiced
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Cream shortening, butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs, beating after each. Add flavorings and water. Beat well.

Add dry ingredients, which have been mixed, alternately with buttermilk.

Pour into greased and floured pan and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Remove from pan and brush with the following:

Directions: Lemon Syrup
Bring to a boil: Juice and grated rind of lemons, sugar, and water.

Note:  My sister brought to my attention that Mother also would make it with 1 teaspoon of vanilla instead of 1 tablespoon of lemon extract and leave off the lemon syrup.



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The Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe goes way back to the 50s when my Mother started making it. The star of the pound cake is the buttermilk.


Kay Little
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