Pound Cake
- 3call-purpose flour
sifted
- 6egg
separated
- 8ozsour cream
- 1/2lbbutter
- 2tspvanilla extract
- shortening
to grease pan
- 3csugar
- 1/4tspbaking soda
- 2tspalmond extract
Directions:
Timers
Prep:
- Grease tube cake pan with crisco and dust with flour.
- Using whisk attachment, beat egg whites to stiff peaks and set aside.
Directions:
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add egg yolks one at a time.
- Sift flour and baking soda, then add alternately with sour cream (flour in fourths, sour cream in thirds).
- Add extracts.
- Fold in beaten egg whites.
- Put in large tube pan (greased & dusted with flour).
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour, 15 minutes (until cake looks dry, top cracks, and starts to pull away from pan).
- Cool 30 minutes and then remove from pan to completely cool on wire rack.