Here is a quick easy recipe with basic household baking materials!  For buttermilk, you can place a cup of milk out for 10 minutes with 1 TSP of Lemon Juice or white vinegar.

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Set milk out and add the teaspoon of lemon juice and set aside for 5-10 minutes for the buttermilk mixture

Cream Butter and sugar in a bowl and whisk until mixed.  Add eggs one at a time and allow each to mix thoroughly.  In a side bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar batch and mix.  Add buttermilk, and vanilla. Grease a 9×5 pan and pour mixture into the pan.  Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown.

Enjoy!

Joseph, Innkeeper
American Guest House in Washington DC