Grandma Ruby's Buttermilk Pound Cake

This lemon butter pound cake is super-moist and dense. It's not for those watching calories! It's a great comfort food and goes especially well with vanilla ice cream.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 382 Calories

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup shortening
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon butter-flavored extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).

Step 2

Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together into a bowl. Repeat sifting process 2 more times.

Step 3

Beat sugar and shortening together until smooth and creamy. Add flour mixture, buttermilk, eggs, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and butter extract; beat until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.