buttermilk pound cake with custard sauce

How To Make buttermilk pound cake with custard sauce

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat butter at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Step 2
  Add flour to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10" tube pan.
• Step 3
  Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour). Serve with Buttermilk Custard Sauce.
• Step 4
  FOR BUTTERMILK CUSTARD SAUCE: Whisk together the buttermilk, sugar, cornstarch and egg yolks in a heavy 3 quart saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly, and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, and stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Serve warm or cold. Store leftovers in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 1 week.
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