Buttermilk Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. flour

Preparation

Cream shortening.
Add sugar gradually.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating each time.
Add vanilla.
Add soda to milk.
Add flour and milk alternately to other ingredients.
Bake in a tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Frost, if desired.
May be frozen.