Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup whipping cream, well chilled
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325; grease and flour 10" tube or bundt pan.
  • sift together flour, soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  • Cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each; add flour mixture alternately with combined buttermilk and vanilla- beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 1/2 hours or until tests done- toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake pulls away from sides of pan.
  • Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling completely on a wire rack.
  • Combine strawberries and sugar; let stand 30 minutes and serve cake with strawberries and sweetened whipped cream, if desired.