3 cups cake flour
6 large eggs
1 pound butter
1 pound sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Take tube cake pan and oil it with butter.
Lightly flour oiled pan. Shake off excess flour from pan.
Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder into a large bowl.
Stir in salt and the sugar.
Add the butter. (Melting butter will make it blend easier).
Add eggs.
Mix with mixer.
Slowly add buttermilk, and then the vanilla.
Thoroughly mix, and then turn up mixer speed to medium for a few minutes, and then finally on high. (If mixter is a little thick, add a touch more buttermilk).
Pour the mix into the prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR.
When you think cake is done, insert wooden toothpick into one of the thickest parts of the cake.
Toothpick should come out clean.
Allow cake to cool 15-20 minutes in the pan.
Gently remove cake and cool completely on the wire rack.