I'll admit, I was skeptical when I first took this buttermilk cake out of the oven; visually, there's very little to distinguish it from an average pound cake. But there's more to this dessert than meets the eye.
I unexpectedly came across a version of this recipe in "Tales From the Dodger Dugout," a book written by former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine that's full of colorful anecdotes from his 12 years with the team. As a baseball fan who also happens to be a professional chef, one story stood out: how an unassuming buttermilk cake from Oklahoma became the team's good luck charm during their unforgettable 1955 championship season.
