to-die-for buttermilk pound cake

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Sasha Kamen
Dallas, TX

This is some serious pound cake - heavy, dense and delicious. Change it up by omitting the lemon extract, or substitute 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon almond extract for the lemon. Iced with any powdered sugar glaze you like or plain, this cake is addicting.

(2 ratings)
yield serving(s)
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For to-die-for buttermilk pound cake

  • 3 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    butter (2 sticks)
  • 3 c
    sugar
  • 6
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp
    lemon extract
  • 1 c
    buttermilk

How To Make to-die-for buttermilk pound cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a 9" or 10" tube or bundt cake pan.
  • 2
    Measure 3 cups flour by spooning lightly into measuring cup and level off. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • 3
    In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add extracts and beat mixture until very light and fluffy, up to four minutes.
  • 4
    Gradually add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
  • 5
    Carefully pour batter into prepared pan. Gently smooth the top surface of the batter with a rubber spatula.
  • 6
    Bake in preheated oven. DO NOT open oven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan, it is done. NOTE: Some ovens will require longer baking than others.
  • 7
    Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to finish cooling. If cake doesn't want to release completely from the pan, tap lightly on top and sides of the upside-down pan with a spoon.

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