Sour Cream Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 3/4 c. sugar
6 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
8 oz. sour cream
1 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.
Cream margarine and 2 1/4 cups sugar until light; add egg yolks one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla, lemon and almond extracts.
Stir together flour and baking soda, then add to batter mixture alternately with sour cream.
Mix well; stir in pecans.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; add 1/2 cup sugar and fold egg whites into batter. Bake in a 325\u00b0 oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes.