Plain Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. Crisco or margarine
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon or almond extract
3 c. flour
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan. Cream the sugar and Crisco. Add eggs, one at a time, until each is well blended.
Mix in extracts.
Beat in flour, salt and soda alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Slide sharp knife around edges of cake. Allow to cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.