An Unusual Pound Cake
- 1 cup butter (soft) ( Or ½ cup soft butter and ½ cup heavy cream)
- 2¾ cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (sifted 2-3 times)
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract
Preheat oven to 350°
Cream butter until light.
Gradually add sugar and beat (use a low mixture speed) until light and fluffy.
Add eggs (one at a time) and beat well after each addition.
Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together.
Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream, beginning with the flour mixture.
Add the flavoring and stir lightly.
Do not overbeat.
Pour into an ungreased 9" tube pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a straw inserted in the center comes out dry and not sticky.
Cool on wire cake rack.
