Camille's Buttermilk Pound Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup vegetable shortening (such as crisco®)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as a bundt®).
• beat vegetable shortening with sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat eggs into mixture one at a time, incorporating each egg before adding the next. mix vanilla into egg mixture.
• whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; stir into liquid ingredients in several additions, alternating with buttermilk to make a smooth batter. pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. let cake cool and dust with confectioners' sugar.