Name: Grandmother Paul’s Sour Cream Pound Cake
Yield: serves 16 to 20
Ingredients: 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter; 3 cups sugar; 1 cup sour cream; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 6 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe information

Yield
serves 16 to 20

Ingredients

1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter

3 cups sugar

1 cup sour cream

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

6 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together; add sour cream. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.

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