Buttermilk Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. butter or margarine
5 eggs
3 c. flour
1 c. buttermilk
1/3 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter.
Add egg yolks one at a time and mix well.
Dissolve soda in small amount of warm water, then add 1/2 of buttermilk.
Add to mixture and mix well.
Add rest of buttermilk.
Add vanilla, then add flour.
Beat 150 strokes.
Beat egg whites and add last.
Bake about 1 hour in 300\u00b0 oven using angel food cake or Bundt pan.
Cake may be eaten as is or may drizzle outside with powdered sugar icing.