Mrs Little's Mothers Butter Milk Cake

Ingredients

• 1 C. butter or (2 sticks)
• 3 C. Sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 C. Butter Milk
• 3 C. flour (plain)
• 1/4 tl Soda
• 1 T. Hot Water

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar together until very well combined.
2. Separate the eggs.
3. Add the egg yolks one at a time to the creamed mixture.
4. Dissolve the soda in the hot water.
5. Combine the soda mixture with the flour.
6. Add 1/2 cup of the buttermilk to the batter, then add the flour mixture, and finally the last 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
7. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
8. Gently fold the stiff egg whites into the cake batter.
9. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

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