Grandma Fore'S Buttermilk Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. butter (room temperature)
6 eggs, separated
2 tsp. vanilla or lemon extract
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour tube pan or Bundt pan. Mix together dry ingredients and set aside.
Cream sugar and butter together with electric mixer.
Add egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Add flavoring.
Begin adding dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternately with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks and gently fold into batter.
Pour batter into a tube pan or large Bundt pan (loaf pans may also be used, adjust baking times).
Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cake test done.