Blueberry Pound Cake

Remember that smell in your grandma's kitchen when she's baking a cake? Well, here is an easy recipe for blueberry pound cake that my grandmother used to make.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 cup of butter or butter flavored shortening
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp of almond extract
• 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp of lemon extract
• 1/2 cup of butter milk
• 3 cups of flour
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups of whole blueberries rinsed and drained
• 1/3 cup of powder sugar

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a bowl, cream the sugar and butter/shortening until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
3. In a separate bowl, add the almond extract, vanilla extract and lemon extract in with the buttermilk and set aside.
4. Sift the flour with the salt, baking powder and baking soda.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture until evenly distributed.
6. Fold in the blueberries. Make sure you save a few for garnish.
7. Pour the mixture into a greased/buttered Bundt pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
8. Allow cake to cool before serving a slice with some of the saved blueberries and powdered sugar over top.
9. Enjoy.