Sybil's Sour Cream Pound Cake

This grandma's beloved sour cream pound cake makes the perfect sweet treat to bring to funerals or special occasions to show you care.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 610 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 cups cake flour
• 0.25 cup milk
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 0.5 pound butter

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.

Step 2

Beat butter, sugar, and shortening together with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 3

Sift flour and baking powder together in another bowl. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk and sour cream. Mix in vanilla extract and lemon extract. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 30 minutes.