Recipe: Perfect Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake

Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake.

You can cook Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake

1. Prepare 3 cups of sugar.
2. It's 1 cup of shortening.
3. You need 5 of large eggs.
4. It's 3 cups of flour.
5. It's 1/2 tsp. of salt.
6. Prepare 1 tsp. of baking soda.
7. It's 1 cup of buttermilk (may substitute sour milk).
8. It's 1 tsp. of vanilla.
9. It's 1 tsp. of lemon extract.

Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F..
2. Grease and flour 2 bread pans (or a Bundt pan)..
3. Cream together sugar and shortening with an electric mixer..
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition..
5. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, and baking soda..
6. Add the flour mixture alternatively with buttermilk until all are used and mixed gently together. Be VERY careful not to overbeat..
7. Gently fold in vanilla and lemon extract..
8. Pour into prepared pans and bake approximately 60 minutes until done..