Buttermilk Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. shortening
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. soda
1 Tbsp. hot water
3 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream the shortening and sugar; add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition.
Dissolve soda in hot water and add to buttermilk.
Add buttermilk and flour with salt alternately.
Add vanilla; beat well.
Pour in floured tube pan with wax paper liner on bottom.
Bake 1 hour and 35 minutes at 300\u00b0.