Buttermilk Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. soft butter or margarine
3 c. sugar
5 eggs (room temperature)
1 c. buttermilk
4 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. soda
1 Tbsp. water
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat butter until fluffy. Add sugar gradually, beating constantly, then beat some more.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Beat well after each addition. Dissolve soda in water. Add to 1/2 cup buttermilk. Add 1 cup flour alternately with milk/soda mixture. Beat well. Add remaining flour and milk alternately. Blend well. Add vanilla. Grease only bottom of pan. Bake in tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.
(Stick spatula every 1/2-inch vertically into batter to remove air bubbles.)