Sour Cream Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter or margarine
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
1 c. sour cream
1/4 tsp. soda
3 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. vanilla or lemon extract or 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring

Preparation

Sift flour and measure.
Resift twice with soda.
Set aside. Cream butter and add sugar slowly beating constantly to cream well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
Stir in sour cream.
Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at the time, beating well and constantly.
Stir in extract and turn batter into a well greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Use salt free shortening or fat for greasing pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours or until cake is done.
Place pan on rack to cool 5 minutes.
Loose cake around edges of pan and edge of tube with dull side of knife.
Turn cake onto rack to cool completely.
Serve plain.