Buttermilk Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream 1 cup Crisco with 2 1/4 cups of the sugar until creamy. Add egg yolks, then buttermilk, then flour, soda and salt.
2. 2
   Beat until creamy.
3. 3
   Beat the egg whites until stiff and add the remaining sugar.
4. 4
   Beat until peaks form.
5. 5
   Fold egg whites into cake batter.
6. 6
   Pour in greased and floured tube pan and bake at 350° in preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
7. 7
   Do not open oven door before time is up or cake will fall!