2 sticks butter
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
3 c. all purpose flour
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream 2 sticks butter together. Add sugar and eggs, one at a time. Beat together until well mixed.

Add alternately the 3 cups of flour. Add buttermilk and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in water. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla.

Bake in greased bundt or angel cake pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until done.

ICING:

6 oz. powdered sugar
1 tbsp. + 1 tsp. milk

Mix sugar and milk until spreadable. Cool cake completely for icing to drizzle nicely.

Variation: Chocolate Pound Cake. Add 1/2 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup more butter to ingredients. For icing, melt a 6 ounce bag of chocolate morsels and drizzle on cooled cake.