Sour Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sifted all-purpose flour
6 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. baking soda
3 c. sugar
1 c. sour cream
1 c. butter, softened
1/4 tsp. salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan. Sift flour, salt and soda.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
Add vanilla.
Add sour cream and flour alternately, beginning and ending with sour cream.
In a small bowl beat egg whites until stiff moist peaks form when beaters are slowly raised.
Gently fold egg whites into batter.
Turn into prepared pan.
Bake 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
Turn out on rack to cool completely.