Buttermilk Pound Cake (it’s very dense and the outside is sweet, almost crunchy). Preheat oven 325 degrees. Grease and flour 1 large bundt pan. 2 sticks butter (margarine works also) 3 cups sugar 3 cups flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt (I don’t add this, because I use salted margarine) 1 cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour alternatively with buttermilk. Add baking soda and vanilla. Beat all together until well blended. (I use an electric hand mixer, although you can beat by hand, but my hand would hurt, it is a very heavy batter). Bake about 1 to 1¼ hours. Let cool in pan 10 minutes.