Buttermilk Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. Crisco or butter
3 c. all-purpose plain flour
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
1/3 tsp. soda

Preparation

Cream shortening; add sugar gradually.
Beat real good (several minutes), then add eggs, one at a time, beating each time.
Add vanilla.
Add soda to milk.
Add flour and milk alternately to other ingredients.
Bake in tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.
This cake is good plain, frosted or frozen.
Do not open oven door.