Upstate NY Buttermilk Pound Cake

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk (may substitute sour milk)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. lemon extract

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour 2 bread pans (or a Bundt pan).
3. Cream together sugar and shortening with an electric mixer.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, and baking soda.
6. Add the flour mixture alternatively with buttermilk until all are used and mixed gently together.
7. Be VERY careful not to overbeat.
8. Gently fold in vanilla and lemon extract.
9. Pour into prepared pans and bake approximately 60 minutes until done.

sugar, shortening, eggs, flour, salt, baking soda, buttermilk, vanilla, lemon extract

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/490656-upstate-ny-buttermilk-pound-cake (may not work)