Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Grease tube pan then generously sprinkle with the turbinado sugar. It is important you do both to make removing the cake from the pan easy. If you don’t have this sugar, use flour.

Cream the butter and sugar. The mixture should be light in color, like a pale yellow.

Add the eggs one at a time. Continue to mix until the egg disappears completely into the mixture.

Stir in vanilla extract.

Slowly incorporate the flour into the mixture one 1 cup at a time, alternating with adding the buttermilk. Mix until flour is incorporated.

Bake for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Do not be tempted to open the oven door until 60 minutes have passed. This will risk your pound cake sinking.

Allow to cool in the pan 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack and let cool completely.