Melt in your Mouth Strawberry Buttermilk Pound Cake
Melt in your Mouth Strawberry Buttermilk Pound Cake is simply amazing. The intense strawberry flavor and ultra-moist cake make a winning combination.
Servings 16 servings
Calories 347kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup Crisco shortening + more for pan
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 ounce package strawberry flavored gelatin I used Jello brand
- 5 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature, or whole milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 and ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.3 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 and ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a 10-inch bundt pan by rubbing it with solid vegetable shortening then sugar or flour. (I use sugar so there are no white spots on the cake from flour.)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the shortening and butter. Add sugar and mix until fluffy.½ cup Crisco shortening, ½ cup butter, 2 cups granulated sugar
- Next mix eggs in one at a time until yellow mixes in the batter. Add vanilla and mix in the batter.5 large eggs, 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Add strawberry gelatin to the flour mixture. Whisk to combine.3 ounce package strawberry flavored gelatin
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. (1/3 flour mixture, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour)1 cup buttermilk
- Pour batter into a bundt pan and smooth top.
- Bake in 325-degree oven 65 to 70 minutes.
- Allow cake to cool for 10 - 15 minutes then carefully turn out on a serving tray.
Notes
*For the strawberry gelatin, you'll use the small box. You can either use regular or sugar-free.
Nutrition
Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 298IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg
