Awesome Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• 6 large eggs
• 1 lb butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2. 2

   Take your standard tube cake pan and oil it with butter. Then lightly flour the oiled pan. Shake the excess flour from the pan and put to the side.

3. 3

   Sift the flour, baking soda,and baking powder into a large mixing bowl.

4. 4

   Stir in salt and the sugar.

5. 5

   Add the butter. Melt the butter in a pan over slow heat to make it blend easier. (You can do this or just let the butter soften at room temperature.).

6. 6

   Add the eggs. At this point I break out my mixer and begin mixing on slow.

7. 7

   Slowly add buttermilk, and then the vanilla extract. After it is thoroughly stirred, I turn the mixer up to medium for a few minutes, and then finally on high. If the mixture is a little thick I add just a touch more buttermilk.

8. 8

   Pour the mix in, and bake the cake for about 1 hour and twenty minutes.

9. 9

   Allow the cake to cool 15 or 20 minutes in the pan before removing.