Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake. Now that I've retired from teaching, I have more time to bake. This buttermilk cake is the one I make most often. It is a truly southern recipe, and one I think can't be topped—once people taste it, they won't go back to their other recipes with buttermilk.
This is one of the best bundt cake recipes, especially. Serve this delicious buttermilk pound cake with a dusting of powdered sugar or use it as a base for dessert sauce or fresh berry sauce. Buttermilk gives the cake its amazing moist and tender texture, and it adds to the leavening. You can cook Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake
- It’s 3 cups of sugar.
- You need 1 cup of shortening.
- You need 5 of large eggs.
- You need 3 cups of flour.
- You need 1/2 tsp. of salt.
- You need 1 tsp. of baking soda.
- You need 1 cup of buttermilk (may substitute sour milk).
- It’s 1 tsp. of vanilla.
- It’s 1 tsp. of lemon extract.
To make a perfect pound cake, see the expert tips below the recipe. Tangy buttermilk is the key to this tender pound cake and the tangy Buttermilk Custard Sauce that you can drizzle over each slice. Add flour to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F..
- Grease and flour 2 bread pans (or a Bundt pan)..
- Cream together sugar and shortening with an electric mixer..
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition..
- In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, and baking soda..
- Add the flour mixture alternatively with buttermilk until all are used and mixed gently together. Be VERY careful not to overbeat..
- Gently fold in vanilla and lemon extract..
- Pour into prepared pans and bake approximately 60 minutes until done..
I made this pound cake as a simple base for strawberries and flavored balsamic syrups. I don't usually go crazy for pound cake, but we loved this. This is a wonderful pound cake that even the most picky eaters will love! Every time I make this, it is gone in no time. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
