Melt in your Mouth Strawberry Buttermilk Pound Cake

Melt in your Mouth Strawberry Buttermilk Pound Cake

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time1 hr 15 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American/Southern

Keyword: cake, pound cake, strawberries

Servings: 16 servings

Calories: 347kcal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 ounce package strawberry gelatin I used Jello brand
• 5 large eggs at room temperature
• 1 cup buttermilk (whole milk can be used) at room temperature
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a 10-inch bundt pan with solid vegetable shortening then sugar or flour.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together shortening and butter. Add sugar and mix until fluffy.
• Next mix eggs in one at a time until yellow mixes in the batter. Add vanilla and mix in the batter.
• Add strawberry gelatin to the flour mixture. Whisk to combine.
• 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)
• 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.