Buttermilk Pound Cake

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1/2 tsp. soda

1 cup buttermilk

 2 3/4 cups sifted flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla, almond or lemon flavorings (or 1/2 tsp. each)

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.  Mix soda and buttermilk.  Add to mixture.  Beat well.  Sift flour and salt together and add in small amounts.  Add flavorings.  Bake in prepared tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until long pick inserted in center comes out clean.

There's lots of ways to make a pound cake.   None of them are bad.