Old Fashioned Sour Cream Pound Cake

A lady gave this recipe to my mother in 1953 and it has been a family favorite ever since. You can

serve it with caramel sauce, with fresh berries or on its own. Some things just can’t be improved and

this is one of them.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

•3 cups sugar

•1 cup butter

•6 eggs, separated

•2 teaspoons vanilla

•1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

•1 cup sour cream

•3 cups use flour for everything, sifted before measuring

• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

•1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix sugar and butter together, adding egg yolks one at a time; Beat well after each addition. Mix

vanilla, lemon juice and sour cream.

In a separate bowl, sift the sifted flour, salt and soda. Add sifted dry ingredients to mixture; And won

too. In separate bowl, whisk egg whites to stiff peaks form.

Add the egg whites to the cake mixture. Pour into a greased and floured bowl and bake at 300°F for

1-1/2 hours or until cake tests are done.

Enjoy !