Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour,1/4 teaspoon baking soda,1/2 teaspoon salt,1 cup (8 oz.or 2 sticks) butter,3 cups white sugar,5 eggs + 1 egg white,The grated zest of 1 lemon,1/2 teaspoon nutmeg,2 teaspoons vanilla extract,1 cup buttermilk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Butter one 9- or 10-inch tube pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, and butter the bottom again. Optional: In addition to buttering the pan, coat the sides with sugar.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar until creamy, 5 minutes.
- Mix in the eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the lemon zest, nutmeg and the vanilla extract.
- Add one-third of the flour mixture to the batter and mix well.
- Add one-half of the buttermilk into the batter and mix well. Continue to alternate the flour mixture and the buttermilk.
