holiday pound cake

By momofsixplus1

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup margarine or butter ( 2 sticks), softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup apricot brandy or orange juice
• 1 tsp vanilla flavoring or extract
• 1 tsp orange flavoring or extract
• 1/2 tsp lemon flavoring or extract
• 1/2 tsp rum flavoring or extract
• 6 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup sliced red and green candied cherries or chopped pecans
• confectioners suagr

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 325. greaase 10-inch tube pan; line bottom of pan with waxed paper.

in large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and margarine or butter just until blended. increase speed to high; beat until light and fluffy. reduce speed to low; add sour cream, apricot brandy, vanilla flavoring, orange flavoring, lemon flavoring, rum flavoring and eggs and beat until blended. add flour, salt, and baking soda; beat until well mixed, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. fold in sliced cherries.

spoon batter into pan. bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. carefully peel off waxed paper.